by PPN | Aug 30, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
SOURCE: Oswego County Business New York at ‘a competitive disadvantage in competing for the next generation of physicians’ Personal finance site WalletHub recently released its annual report on “Best & Worst States for Doctors.” The report uses 19 key metrics to...
by PPN | Aug 30, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal House Bill 75 was passed in New Mexico’s 2021 legislative session and became effective Jan. 1, with the stated purpose “to Clarify and Modernize the New Mexico Medical Malpractice Act, to raise liability caps and limit participation by...
by PPN | Aug 30, 2022 | New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, North Carolina, Uncategorized
Fixing the Ill Effects of New Mexico’s Liability Changes While efforts in 2021 to modernize medical liability laws in New Mexico were well-intended, the aftereffects have left a gap in coverage for hospitals and outpatient health care facilities (OPHCFs) that...
by PPN | Jul 28, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
SOURCE: Health Affairs For decades, the level and growth of US health care spending has diverged from both international and domestic norms, leading many to characterize rising health expenditures as “unsustainable.” Between 1970 and 2019, total US health spending...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2022 | Iowa, Kansas, National, Newsletter
Defensive medicine brings inflation to health care costs As inflation touches on every aspect of consumer prices, health care costs have been continually increasing due to the practice of defensive medicine — and could go up even higher from here. An opinion piece in...
