by PPN | Oct 29, 2021 | National, New York, Newsletter
Strong support for Good Samaritan legislation Following the introduction of the bi-partisan Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act last month in the House of Representatives, strong support led to a companion bill in the Senate. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and...
by PPN | Oct 29, 2021 | New York
SOURCE: Albany Times Union New York lawmakers and their appointees to the Health Care Simplification Workgroup missed a key opportunity to resuscitate the Empire State’s ailing medical liability environment. The report delivered to the state Legislature that...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2021 | Hawaii
SOURCE: Hawaii Tribune With little fanfare, Gov. David Ige on Sept. 1 signed an executive order that releases Hawaii’s health care workers and facilities from civil liability during the COVID-19 crisis. Under the order, health care facilities, professionals and...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2021 | Arizona
SOURCE: JD SUPRA It is now a little easier for healthcare providers to defend against medical malpractice claims. Last month, in Sampson v. Surgery Ctr. of Peoria, LLC, the Arizona Supreme Court held: If the cause of a patient’s death is (1) “disputed” and...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2021 | Arizona, Hawaii, National, Newsletter
Good Samaritan legislation re-introduced in House of Representatives A bipartisan bill to empower medical volunteers to deliver health care during large-scale disasters was re-introduced this month in the House of Representatives. The H.R. 5239, the Good Samaritan...
