by PPN | Aug 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Liability litigation threatens access to care in three states As medical liability reform continues to await consideration by the US Senate, the successes of state-based reforms are threatened by legal challenges that could limit access to affordable care. In Maryland...
by PPN | Aug 24, 2017 | National, News
Healthcare Matters announced today that its video interview of United States Congressman Steve King — sponsor of the Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017— is available on Cunningham Group’s website. The Healthcare Matters interview of Rep. Steve King focused on...
by PPN | Aug 23, 2017 | Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, National, News
In contrast with the federal government—where a House-passed medical liability reform bill languishes in the Senate—many states have found success enacting tort reforms that better serve patients and physicians. But court cases are challenging reforms in place in at...
by PPN | Aug 11, 2017 | National, News, Tennessee
Whitney Brown was in labor with her first baby when suddenly she couldn’t breathe. Convulsions shook her body. Ms. Brown’s blood pressure and oxygen levels dropped, and the baby’s heart rate plunged. Nurses at Saint Thomas River Park Hospital called obstetrician...
by PPN | Aug 7, 2017 | National, News
The Aug. 2 news article “Lobbyists taking credit for writing bill to overhaul medical malpractice laws” claimed that lobbyists boasted about writing new legislation blindly passed by Congress without review. The bill was a modestly revised version of legislation that...