by PPN | May 31, 2014 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 9, Issue 5 May 2014 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Ten Years after Miss. Tort Reform, Patients Prevail Lower Medical Liability Costs – But Not for Long Apologies Accepted from Wisconsin Physicians Ten Years after Miss....
by PPN | May 29, 2014 | Mississippi, News
Former Gov. Barbour says state was facing ‘health care crisis’ with doctors and hospitals unable to afford insurance and afraid to practice because of lawsuits. As the 10th anniversary of Mississippi’s 2004 “tort reform” — limits on lawsuits — nears, supporters say...
by PPN | May 13, 2014 | News
Connecticut hospitals have seen a slow, but steady decline in medical malpractice insurance expenses in recent years, a positive sign for an industry that was battered by skyrocketing costs a decade ago. The state’s 29 acute care hospitals spent $119.9 million...
by PPN | May 13, 2014 | News, Wisconsin
Apologies by health care workers are protected from being used against them in court by a new law enacted in Wisconsin, which is one of more than 35 states to enact such a law. The law, Assembly Bill 120, was signed by Governor Scott Walker on April 8 in Madison. The...