by PPN | Sep 30, 2024 | COVID, Florida, National, New Mexico, Newsletter, North Carolina
Liability, workforce changes needed to reach rural New Mexico patients A recent policy report from Think New Mexico lays out an ambitious roadmap to tackle the state’s health care workforce shortages, focused on improving access to care and reducing meritless...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2024 | Florida, latest_news, National, News, North Carolina
As health care providers contract with artificial intelligence services, the management of liability and risk is a key concern to keep in mind, according to a presenter at the 2024 Association of Women in Rheumatology annual conference. “This is a highly...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2024 | Florida, Illinois, latest_news, National, New York, News
The United States is facing a shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists that is only expected to worsen moving forward. There were about 50,800 OB-GYNs practicing in the U.S. in 2018, already too few to meet the country’s rising demand. Roughly 3,000 fewer OB-GYNs will...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2024 | California, COVID, District of Columbia, Florida, National, New York, Newsletter
Shining a light on third-party financing of liability lawsuits Opinion leaders in the Sunshine State are pushing for the legislature to shed light on third-party financing of medical liability lawsuits, calling for a special legislative session to curb this practice,...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2024 | Florida, latest_news, National, News
The Florida Legislative session concluded March 8 and while so much progress has been made to restore balance to the tort system in Florida, much remains to be done. Make no mistake about it. Due to the work of the legislature and governor in last year’s legislative...
by PPN | Apr 30, 2024 | Florida, latest_news, National, News
For over a couple of decades, Florida was listed on the annual “Judicial Hellholes” report produced by the American Tort Reform Association. But little by little, under the leadership of Gov. Ron DeSantis, that began to change. In the spring legislative session of...
