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...
by PPN | Apr 14, 2013 | Georgia, News
Physician leaders hope a first-of-its-kind bill approved in Georgia protecting doctors from civil liability for breaching federal health system reform requirements will be replicated in other states. Medical associations long have been concerned that federal...
by PPN | Mar 28, 2013 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 8, Issue 3 March 2013 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Moving Forward: HCLA Sets Priorities, Agenda for 2013 at Annual Meeting Orszag: Improving Fiscal Health Through Liability Reform Liability Reform Considered as Part...
