by PPN | Oct 31, 2013 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 8, Issue 10 October 2013 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: PA OK’s I’m Sorry Law Judge Rejects Defendant Access to Communications in Liability Cases Top Concern for New Hampshire Physicians: Medical Liability PA OK’s I’m...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2013 | Florida, Georgia, News
Federal quality metrics – integrated into the Affordable Care Act to improve and standardize care – are posing unintended legal risks for physicians, medical malpractice experts noted. “The Affordable Care Act itself doesn’t identify medical malpractice...
by PPN | Oct 22, 2013 | Michigan, News, Pennsylvania
Governor is expected to sign bill that keeps statements of concern out of court. There may be a good reason patients sometimes feel they get the cold shoulder from their doctors after being injured in a medical setting. The physicians may be afraid that even the...
by PPN | Oct 6, 2013 | New Hampshire, News
Data also shows worries about ACA Malpractice issues and tort reform should be the top priority of the N.H. Medical Society, according to a survey of the state’s physicians. The University of New Hampshire Survey Center conducted a physician survey on behalf of...
by PPN | Oct 3, 2013 | Florida, News
The latest round in Florida’s long-running legal and political fight about medical malpractice is headed to a federal appeals court. Just days after a federal judge rejected part of a new malpractice law backed by doctors, the defendant in the case gave notice Monday...