by PPN | Dec 1, 2015 | News, Tennessee
Fearful that Tennessee courts could eventually strike down a 2011 law capping jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors plan to press legislators to protect the statute through amending the state’s constitution. The Tennessee Medical Association wants...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2015 | Newsletter
Conversation Starter: Effects of Defensive Medicine on Liability Claims As the sky high cost of ordering more tests than is medically necessary further adds to the burden of an already expensive health care system, researchers in an initial study of defensive medicine...
by PPN | Nov 23, 2015 | News
Government policy mistakes raise the prices of the things that Americans buy. An average American household can expect to pay an extra $4,440 each year thanks to just 12 such policy mistakes that have large costs and few benefits. Local, state, and federal governments...
by PPN | Nov 5, 2015 | Florida, News
Providing more care than necessary may work to lower a doctor’s risk of being accused of malpractice, suggests a new U.S. study. Although the results can’t prove extra expenditures are due to so-called defensive medicine, the researchers found that doctors...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2015 | Newsletter
Medical Liability Monitor: High Rates Remain Unchanged The annual survey of medical liability insurers showed rates little changed from 2014 to 2015, with clear inconsistencies from state to state that can be attributed to a given state’s medical liability climate....
