by PPN | Dec 19, 2024 | Florida, Iowa, Michigan, National, Newsletter
Michigan’s medical liability reform laws threatened by rushed legislation In a rush to pass legislation backed by personal injury lawyers, Michigan lawmakers risk dismantling existing laws that have stabilized the state’s health care environment for three...
by PPN | Dec 19, 2024 | Iowa, latest_news, National, News
‘Courts have long recognized the danger that juries will be unfairly influenced by findings of ‘purportedly unbiased’ agencies, like the FDA’ The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a $97.4 million verdict against an OBGYN clinic in Coralville and ordered a new trial —...
by PPN | May 30, 2024 | Iowa, Kentucky, National, Newsletter, Tennessee
Kentucky acts to stop abuse of medical liability system A bill signed into law in Kentucky aims to get ahead of aggressive abuses of the medical liability system, sidestepping issues experienced in other states that threaten access to care. The bill, HB 159,...
by PPN | May 29, 2024 | Iowa, latest_news, National, News
The rate of cesarean births in Iowa has gone up since 2016 to a little over 30%, according to new data from the CDC. Nationally, the C-section delivery rate in 2023 came to 32.4%. Why it matters: That’s well above the 10-15% rate that the WHO considers...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2023 | Iowa, latest_news, New Mexico, Newsletter, Oregon
Iowa Governor Prescribes Relief Through Liability Reform Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds offered patients and physicians monumental relief from the state’s challenging medical liability system by recently signing long-awaited reforms into law. The new legislation places...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2023 | Iowa, National, News
SOURCE: Des Moines Register Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a law limiting the amount of money Iowans can receive in medical malpractice lawsuits, touting the legislation as a win for health care access in rural Iowa. “Everyone agrees that when mistakes happen...
