by PPN | Nov 26, 2019 | Connecticut, Iowa, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Iowa’s liability climate is changing – for worse The Iowa Medical Society (IMS) highlighted how the state’s medical liability climate is shifting and threatening access to care in the Fall edition of Iowa Medicine. In 2017, a series of reforms including certificate of...
by PPN | Nov 26, 2019 | Connecticut
SOURCE: Hartford Business Journal Medical-malpractice insurance payouts on behalf of Connecticut hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers in 2018 hit their highest total since the state’s been tracking the data. In all, malpractice insurers, including...
by PPN | Nov 26, 2019 | Pennsylvania
SOURCE: Modern Healthcare UPMC faces a medical malpractice suit stemming from a liver transplant in 2003 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out a state law barring malpractice lawsuits after seven years. In a 4-3 decision Thursday, the state ruled that the...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2019 | California, National, Newsletter
Alarming rise in premiums highlighted in Medical Liability Monitor The annual Medical Liability Monitor rate survey highlighted a rate increase, not seen in over a decade, and shed light on how the future of liability rates could begin sounding industry alarms. The...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2019 | California
SOURCE: American Medical Association California physicians are increasingly facing “hybrid” lawsuits alleging professional negligence as well as medical battery from plaintiffs who want to avoid the state’s long-standing $250,000 limit on what juries can award for...
