by PPN | Sep 30, 2024 | COVID, latest_news, National, New Mexico, News
A full-on reform of New Mexico’s medical malpractice law, easing licensing and credentialing hurdles and expanding a loan repayment program for health professionals are all possible cures for what ails the state’s stubborn health care provider shortage, a Santa...
by PPN | Aug 29, 2024 | Georgia, National, Newsletter
Health care advocacy groups push to pass Good Samaritan legislation A long list of members of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access supporting bipartisan Good Samaritan legislation is continuing to advocate for additional cosponsors, highlighting the need to...
by PPN | Aug 28, 2024 | Georgia, latest_news, National, News
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp has made tort reform the main theme of his annual August address to Georgia political and business leaders two years running. But his Aug. 7 speech at this year’s Georgia Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Congressional Luncheon in...
by PPN | Aug 28, 2024 | latest_news, National, News
Personal Perspective: Naiveté drives the devastation of a malpractice suit. Key points Most healthcare practitioners are startlingly naive about malpractice litigation. Healthcare practitioners benefit from education on the nature and mechanisms of malpractice...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | COVID, Indiana, National, New Jersey, Newsletter
COVID-era pandemic protection law put to the test in Indiana An Indiana law that offered protections for health care responders and facilities confronting the COVID-19 pandemic was tested earlier this month, as a challenge was mounted following an adverse outcome that...
by PPN | Jul 30, 2024 | latest_news, National, News
Background: High reliability in health care requires a balance between intentionally designed systems and individual professional accountability. One element of accountability includes a process for addressing clinicians whose practices are associated with a...
