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 | Jan 31, 2023 | Iowa, latest_news, New York, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Liability Reform Builds Momentum in Iowa With support from the governor and a favorable legislative climate, momentum for medical liability reform is building in Iowa — a state facing threats to patient access to care. The Iowa Medical Society is capitalizing on the...
by PPN | Nov 30, 2022 | Alaska, latest_news, New Jersey, Newsletter, North Carolina
Women in New Jersey Harmed by State’s Liability Laws Against the backdrop of an unfriendly medical liability climate, women in New Jersey are facing fewer options for health and reproductive care. Forecasted shortages of obstetricians and gynecologists are...
by PPN | Oct 31, 2022 | COVID, latest_news, Newsletter
Criminalizing Adverse Outcomes Harms Patient Safety An opinion piece reflecting on the recent sentencing of a nurse in Tennessee highlights the harm to the doctor-patient relationship when adverse medical outcomes are up against the criminal justice system. Dr. Stuart...
by PPN | Sep 30, 2022 | latest_news, New Mexico, New York, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Venue shopping sprees to return to Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed a rule in place for two decades that maintained liability lawsuits should be filed in the jurisdiction where the alleged negligence occurred, inviting personal injury lawyers...
by PPN | Apr 15, 2020 | latest_news, News
Click here to read the letter April 7, 2020 The Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House United States House of Representatives 1236 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader 317 Russell Senate Office Building...
