by PPN | Feb 27, 2020 | Iowa
SOURCE: Knoxville Journal Express Representatives of Iowa’s medical community blamed soaring awards in medical malpractice cases for the erosion of health-care access in rural Iowa Monday. They were arguing for legislation to put a $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2020 | Iowa, National, Newsletter
Iowa mothers facing fewer options for labor and delivery A rising trend of Iowa maternity ward closures is having a domino effect on expectant mothers and access to prenatal care. With 12 maternity wards closing statewide between 2016 and 2018, the already rural state...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2020 | Iowa
SOURCE: The Gazette Last summer, Marshalltown’s UnityPoint hospital shuttered its maternity ward. The year before that, Washington County Hospital in southeast Iowa did the same. These closures weren’t outliers. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, 28...
by PPN | Nov 26, 2019 | Connecticut, Iowa, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Iowa’s liability climate is changing – for worse The Iowa Medical Society (IMS) highlighted how the state’s medical liability climate is shifting and threatening access to care in the Fall edition of Iowa Medicine. In 2017, a series of reforms including certificate of...
by PPN | May 30, 2017 | Iowa, National, New York, Newsletter, Oregon
Liability reform cited as major savings in President’s budget With an emphasis on deficit reduction, the President’s 2018 budget highlighted how medical liability reform can lead to improved fiscal health. Cited as resulting in major savings and reform, medical...
by PPN | May 30, 2017 | Iowa, News
Friday morning, Governor Branstad signed SF 465 — the IMS-crafted tort reform legislation. This legislation marks the culmination of decades of work by countless physicians throughout our state. “Today’s historic achievement is a victory for every...
