by PPN | Jun 5, 2013 | Florida, News
Gov. Rick Scott has signed the Florida Medical Association’s priority medical liability reform legislation, transforming the state’s medical practice environment by requiring fairness in the use of expert witnesses. SB 1792, sponsored by Sen. Tom Lee and Rep. Matt...
by PPN | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Author: Congress Members: Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Matheson, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Desjarlais, Mrs. Black, and Mr. Bilirakis Source: 113th Congress
by PPN | May 30, 2013 | News, Ohio
An apology or other sympathetic statements health-care officials make to their patients can’t be used as evidence of liability in medical-malpractice cases. Lawmakers enacted this years ago. The Supreme Court of Ohio clarified yesterday that this information can’t be...
by PPN | May 1, 2013 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 8, Issue 4 April 2013 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: New Bill Protects Patient Care In Times of Trauma, Defensive Medicine Costs Add Up A Cost and Care Crisis in New York New Bill Protects Patient Care Earlier this...
by PPN | Apr 15, 2013 | California, Florida, New York, News, Pennsylvania
At a time when New York physicians face a combustible mix of significant Medicare sequestration cuts, the requirement to implement costly mandatory electronic medical record and ICD-10 reporting systems, and deal with new federal health care reforms, New York State...
