by PPN | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
A proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution has elicited strong opinions from both proponents and detractors. Annabelle Imber Tuck, a retired Arkansas Supreme Court justice who is chairman of the Defending Your Day in Court, or D-Day, Legislative Question...
by PPN | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adverse medical events declined when physicians received immunity from malpractice lawsuits at a large Miami teaching hospital, according to a study published in the latest issue of Health Management, Policy and Innovation (HMPI). The...
by PPN | Apr 27, 2018 | Arkansas, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Improving patient care by removing threat of lawsuits In an effort to better understand the impact that medical lawsuit abuse has on health care providers, a recent study granted immunity from liability lawsuits to practicing physicians – and studied the after...
by PPN | Mar 28, 2018 | Kentucky, New York, Newsletter, Pennsylvania, Wyoming
Bad examples: New York, Pennsylvania lead national liability rates Without reform to keep medical lawsuit abuse in check, examples of the inefficiencies of our nation’s liability system are emerging in several states in the form of increasingly large payouts....
by PPN | Mar 28, 2018 | News, Wyoming
Physicians and health facilities that provide voluntary care to low-income patients would have state protection for liability lawsuits under a bill being considered in the Wyoming Senate. The bill — Senate File 66 — would allow the Wyoming Department of Health to...
