by PPN | May 30, 2017 | National
With an emphasis on deficit reduction, the President’s 2018 budget highlighted how medical liability reform can lead to improved fiscal health. Cited as resulting in major savings and reform, medical liability reform is noted in the President’s budget as necessary due...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2017 | Iowa, National, Newsletter, West Virginia
Medical liability reform – an issue of Price With Tom Price at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Congress likely to make systematic health care changes, chances for medical liability reform are stronger than ever. So say several experts...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2017 | National, South Dakota
It’s good to be a Senator, especially if you are a Republican who is the most important opponent of tort reform on Capitol Hill. Witness the largesse that the plaintiffs bar is bestowing on South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham in its moment of maximum political peril. On...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2017 | Iowa, News
To the Editor Re G.O.P. Bill Would Make Medical Malpractice Suits Harder to Win (April 15): In 40 years of practicing medicine, I’ve witnessed a change in physician culture. Physicians no longer rely on clinical judgement based on training, experience and the best...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
An orthopaedic surgeon and a neurosurgeon walk into a room… Unfortunately, this is not the start of a joke. While we would prefer to be sharing best practices and treating patients in our exam rooms, the fact is we’re spending more time than we’d like in a courtroom....
