by PPN | Feb 21, 2014 | News
A panel of medical experts would review proposed medical malpractice claims against health care providers before they could be pursued in court under a bill the Kentucky Senate passed this week. The party-line vote in the Republican-led Senate followed a contentious...
by PPN | Feb 19, 2014 | News
FRANKFORT, KY. — A bill to set up review panels in medical malpractice cases passed the Senate on Wednesday after more than an hour of debate on a 23-13 party-line vote. That vote came hours after sponsor Chairwoman Julie Denton’s Health and Welfare Committee voted...
by PPN | Feb 18, 2014 | News, Wisconsin
The state Assembly approved on a voice vote Tuesday on a bill that would let doctors and other medical providers apologize or express fault for botched medical procedures without having to worry their words would be used against them in court. Similar “I’m sorry”...
by PPN | Feb 18, 2014 | California, News
Lawyers and consumer groups are getting signatures for a ballot measure to increase 1975’s pain and suffering limit of $250,000. Doctors and insurers have already raised $33 million to fight it. SACRAMENTO — A protracted political battle over California’s...
by PPN | Jan 23, 2014 | News
FRANKFORT — Several major health care providers and business organizations in Kentucky have formed a new coalition in hopes of eliminating “meritless” medical malpractice lawsuits. The new group, called Care First Kentucky Coalition, will push for...
by PPN | Jan 6, 2014 | California, News, Texas
A new essay in the journal Health Affairs proposes that tackling tort reform on the federal level could convince doctors to agree to bigger changes in the U.S. health care system. Photo illustration by DNY59. It’s a scenario most people have considered at least...
