by PPN | May 30, 2017 | Iowa, National, New York, Newsletter, Oregon
Liability reform cited as major savings in President’s budget With an emphasis on deficit reduction, the President’s 2018 budget highlighted how medical liability reform can lead to improved fiscal health. Cited as resulting in major savings and reform, medical...
by PPN | May 30, 2017 | News, Oregon
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday revived a patient’s medical malpractice suit accusing a hospital and doctors of depriving him of a chance of a full recovery from a stroke, saying such “loss of chance” theories are fair game in medical negligence cases. The...
by PPN | May 30, 2017 | Iowa, News
Friday morning, Governor Branstad signed SF 465 — the IMS-crafted tort reform legislation. This legislation marks the culmination of decades of work by countless physicians throughout our state. “Today’s historic achievement is a victory for every...
by PPN | May 30, 2017 | New York, News
The ‘Worst State for Doctors’ Has a Dangerous Pre-existing Condition Another year, and another report naming New York the “Worst State for Doctors.” Time and time again, our state ranks dead last as a place for physicians to practice. The primary reason for the Empire...
by PPN | May 30, 2017 | National, News, Virginia
Taking part in a legal panel on the future of medical liability reform, HCLA chair Mike Stinson joined with legal experts and those supporting the interests of consumers to give insight on how efforts to change the currently broken system will evolve. Hosted by George...