by PPN | Nov 27, 2013 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 8, Issue 11 November 2013 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: HCLA Defends Liability Reform in Health Affairs Letter Detroit News: ER Doctors Need Reform, Relief PPN is Thankful for Efforts to Protect Patient Care Lack of...
by PPN | Nov 1, 2013 | Georgia, Michigan, News, Texas
Legislation would provide emergency physicians with helpful, and fair, tort reform Emergency room doctors shouldn’t have to fear lawsuits when simply doing their jobs. A bill in the Michigan House would bring some reasonable control to medical malpractice lawsuits...
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...
