by PPN | May 31, 2023 | National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Congress of Neurological Surgeons examines need for liability reform The latest issue of Congress Quarterly, the newsmagazine of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), focuses entirely on the intersection of medicine and law, examining the risks of inaction on...
by PPN | May 31, 2023 | latest_news, National, News
CHICAGO – A new analysis (PDF) from the American Medical Association (AMA) finds the possibility of being sued during a career in medicine is very real for most doctors, which is notable given that most claims end with no finding of negligence or error. According to...
by PPN | May 31, 2023 | latest_news, National, News, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s physicians are experiencing a sense of déjà vu as the state appears to be heading toward another medical liability insurance crisis. The state was gripped by such a crisis approximately twenty years ago as trial lawyers pursued malpractice lawsuits by...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2023 | California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, National, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah
Patient protection: Good Samaritan legislation introduced in Congress The Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2023 was re-introduced in the House of Representatives this month, to close the gap in available medical coverage during federally declared disasters...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2023 | California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, latest_news, National, New York, News, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah
Court cases show that physicians continually underestimate their liability in supervising nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). Even in states that have abolished requirements that NPs be physician-supervised, physicians may still be liable...
