by PPN | May 31, 2022 | Iowa, Kansas, National, Newsletter
Modernizing MICRA To head off a November ballot measure that would have eliminated MICRA and its long-standing success in reforming California’s medical liability system, an agreement was announced to modify MICRA for the benefit of patients and physicians. Passed in...
by PPN | Apr 28, 2022 | Iowa, Kansas, National, Newsletter
Attempt to Expand Informed Consent Harms Patient Care The Supreme Court of Washington state is reviewing a case that could have damaging implications in the delivery of patient care if informed consent is expanded beyond its current standards. As it stands, informed...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2022 | Iowa, National, Newsletter
Ask Congress to address COVID-19 liability now The continued fight against the COVID-19 pandemic threatens our frontline medical professionals and the practices and facilities where they provide patient care with the potential for a flood of unwarranted medical...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2022 | Iowa
SOURCE: Des Moines Register State Republicans are moving to shorten the length of time Iowans can receive unemployment benefits by two and a half months. If the measure, House Study Bill 631, becomes law, Iowa would go from offering 26 weeks of unemployment benefits...
by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, National, Newsletter
Preventing pandemic liability risks Already a worry for physicians and health care providers, the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded liability risks – and the effects remain to be seen. An interview with David Feldman, MD, chief medical officer of The Doctors Company,...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2020 | Iowa, National, Newsletter
Federal legislation for pandemic providers, facilities gains momentum Late last month, federal legislation was introduced to address the increasing need for liability protections covering front line pandemic responders and the facilities in which they work. H.R. 7059,...
