by PPN | Oct 29, 2020 | National
SOURCE: Medical Economics What you need to know to protect your practice. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of unknowns into the practice of medicine. Doctors are already dealing with diagnosing and treating people affected by the deadly virus while trying to...
by PPN | Oct 29, 2020 | National, Newsletter
Alternative approaches to COVID-19 liability As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches new heights into the fall and winter, an opinion piece highlights the medical liability crisis that could lie ahead — and an alternative resolution. Writing in the Journal of the American...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2020 | National
SOURCE: Law 360 This week, the U.S. crossed the grim threshold of having lost over 1,000 health care workers to COVID-19.[1] We owe them and those who serve in their place a massive debt of gratitude, awe and respect. Health care providers, from certified nursing...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2020 | National, Newsletter, Oregon
Oregon court errs in liability ruling The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled against the state’s limits on non-economic damages for personal injury cases, with the state’s wrongful death cap remaining, putting an attractive place to practice medicine in limbo. Initially...
by PPN | Aug 27, 2020 | National
SOURCE: The Washington Post Chris Hayes, MSNBC: “Is the liability protection language acceptable to you?” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.): “Not at all. It is so extreme. You heard — you said before what [Sen. Mitch] McConnell said, ‘We need things...
by PPN | Aug 27, 2020 | National
SOURCE: AMA Opposition has emerged to a bipartisan bill before Congress that would provide targeted and limited liability protections to physicians and other health care professionals delivering care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Arguments being used against the...
