by PPN | Jun 30, 2022 | National, News
SOURCE: Health Affairs For decades, the level and growth of US health care spending has diverged from both international and domestic norms, leading many to characterize rising health expenditures as “unsustainable.” Between 1970 and 2019, total US health spending...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2022 | Michigan, National, News
SOURCE: AMA If a plaintiff in Michigan files a medical liability lawsuit, they must, with few exceptions, file the affidavit of merit within the statute of limitations or have the lawsuit dismissed with prejudice, physicians tell the Michigan Supreme Court. Plaintiffs...
by PPN | Jun 30, 2022 | California, National, News
SOURCE: Business Insurance Long COVID, with its varying and unpredictable symptoms and no known cure, leaves health care providers vulnerable to liability risks stemming from misdiagnoses, medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Co. said in a report released Tuesday....
by PPN | May 31, 2022 | National, News, Tennessee
SOURCE: NPR RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallying cry for nurses fearful of the criminalization of medical mistakes, will not be required to spend any time in prison. Davidson...
by PPN | May 31, 2022 | National, News
SOURCE: American Medical Association It would be odd for a court to let a pediatric oncologist and a pediatric rheumatologist testify against a pediatric neonatologist simply because they all share an umbrella board certification in pediatrics. Although the three...
by PPN | May 31, 2022 | California, National, News
SOURCE: Californians Allied for Patient Protection In a historic agreement, California’s legislative leaders today joined with Californians Allied for Patient Protection, Consumer Attorneys of California and both the Yes and No campaigns of a scheduled November ballot...
