Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon

by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | California, Florida, latest_news, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, National, New York, News, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas

  A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal...

New Bill Would Provide Greater Length of Time to Sue Doctors

by PPN | Jun 30, 2023 | Colorado, Florida, latest_news, Maine, National, News, Texas, Vermont, Virginia

A bill in the Maine legislature would have the medical malpractice statute of limitations clock start running when a patient discovers the negligence, which could be years after treatment took place. And other states could follow suit with similar bills. What danger...

AMA: One in three physicians previously sued in their career

by PPN | May 31, 2023 | latest_news, National, News

CHICAGO – A new analysis (PDF) from the American Medical Association (AMA) finds the possibility of being sued during a career in medicine is very real for most doctors, which is notable given that most claims end with no finding of negligence or error. According to...

Pennsylvania must act to avert another medical liability crisis | Opinion

by PPN | May 31, 2023 | latest_news, National, News, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s physicians are experiencing a sense of déjà vu as the state appears to be heading toward another medical liability insurance crisis. The state was gripped by such a crisis approximately twenty years ago as trial lawyers pursued malpractice lawsuits by...

Malpractice Risks for Docs Who Oversee NPs or PAs

by PPN | Apr 30, 2023 | California, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, latest_news, National, New York, News, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah

  Court cases show that physicians continually underestimate their liability in supervising nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). Even in states that have abolished requirements that NPs be physician-supervised, physicians may still be liable...

Doña Ana County doctor says recent medical malpractice bill is a step in the right direction, but work remains

by PPN | Apr 30, 2023 | latest_news, National, New Mexico, News

 LAS CRUCES – An emergency bill introduced in the last week of the 2023 legislative session may have curtailed the loss of doctors in New Mexico due to increasing claims caps in medical malpractice cases. Senate Bill 523 changed wording of the Medical Malpractice Act...