by PPN | Oct 3, 2013 | Florida, News
The latest round in Florida’s long-running legal and political fight about medical malpractice is headed to a federal appeals court. Just days after a federal judge rejected part of a new malpractice law backed by doctors, the defendant in the case gave notice Monday...
by PPN | Jul 14, 2013 | Florida, News
Hours after the measure took effect, trial attorneys filed five lawsuits. Physicians say the statute provides stronger legal protections for defendant doctors. A new Florida law aimed at improving the legal climate for physicians already is the subject of litigation...
by PPN | Jun 5, 2013 | Florida, News
Gov. Rick Scott has signed the Florida Medical Association’s priority medical liability reform legislation, transforming the state’s medical practice environment by requiring fairness in the use of expert witnesses. SB 1792, sponsored by Sen. Tom Lee and Rep. Matt...
by PPN | Apr 15, 2013 | California, Florida, New York, News, Pennsylvania
At a time when New York physicians face a combustible mix of significant Medicare sequestration cuts, the requirement to implement costly mandatory electronic medical record and ICD-10 reporting systems, and deal with new federal health care reforms, New York State...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2012 | Florida, News
Doctors working in emergency rooms would be protected by sovereign immunity from large medical malpractice judgments under a measure filed Thursday in the Senate. The measure, filed by Sen. John Thrasher (R-St. Augustine), notes that emergency room doctors must treat...
by PPN | Mar 27, 2011 | Florida, News
TALLAHASSEE — Republican lawmakers struggling to contain Florida’s $20 billion-and-growing Medicaid program are taking an unconventional approach: They’re going after trial lawyers and the rights of injured patients to sue. Although lawsuits, insurance...
