by PPN | Oct 31, 2012 | Georgia, News
Physician advocates are praising a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling they say protects doctors from being sued unfairly by third parties who are injured by patients. In a Sept. 17 decision, judges said physicians owe no duty to nonpatients who are harmed because of a...
by PPN | Oct 18, 2012 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 7, Issue 10 October 2012 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Election 2012: HCLA Supports Friends of Liability Reform Desperately Seeking Solutions – for Patients Small Reductions in Liability Premiums a Welcome Treat, but...
by PPN | Sep 28, 2012 | Newsletter
Protect Patients Now Volume 7, Issue 9 September 2012 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: A Toast to Texas’ Reforms Alternative Liability “Reforms” Under Consideration A Toast to Texas’ Reforms There is no shortage of good news stemming from the...
by PPN | Sep 27, 2012 | Georgia, News
A Gallup survey this summer found that 26 percent of all health care spending in Georgia is on unnecessary tests. The state’s doctors ring up $15 billion annually in avoidable costs, mostly in efforts to create evidence in case they are sued. Just in the...
by PPN | Sep 26, 2012 | News, Oregon
As Oregon attempts to revamp its health care system, the state legislature will have to make all kinds of changes.One goal, which has plagued lawmakers for years, is to reduce the cost of medical malpractice lawsuits.Governor John Kitzhaber set up a workgroup this...
