by PPN | Oct 30, 2018 | Newsletter, Texas
Elderly Texans among the beneficiaries of liability reform Liability reforms were a long time coming for the long-term care industry in Texas, where, prior to 2003, half the nursing homes across the state couldn’t find or afford liability insurance. Highly rated...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2018 | National
SOURCE: Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) – https://www.improvediagnosis.org/news/420714/SIDM-Applauds-Increased-Federal-Research-Funding-for-Diagnostic-Error.htm The FY 2019 spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services that was...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2018 | National
SOURCE: Cision PRWeb – https://www.prweb.com/releases/medical_liability_monitors_2018_annual_rate_survey_indicates_the_medical_professional_liability_insurance_industry_could_be_turning_away_from_stability/prweb15817320.htm According to just-released data from...
by PPN | Oct 30, 2018 | National
SOURCE: Forbes – https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/10/10/why-doctor-malpractice-premiums-stopped-rising/#410fa8031517 Physician medical malpractice premiums remain flat, continuing a decade-long run of little to no rate increases, new reports show....
by PPN | Oct 30, 2018 | Texas
SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News – https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Tort-reform-saved-Texas-nursing-homes-13267186.php Fifteen years ago, Texas nursing home care was in a liability insurance crisis that threatened to close some of the...