by PPN | Feb 29, 2012 | New York, News
The economics are irrefutable, and the human evidence is sobering. The present medical liability situation in this country is adding to the already high cost of American medical care, driving physicians away from certain geographies and practice specialties —...
by PPN | Feb 29, 2012 | National, News
Practicing defensive medicine to avoid medical liability lawsuits may not be a formal part of medical school curriculum, but it’s still being taught to medical students and residents, a study shows. A survey of 202 fourth-year medical students and third-year...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2012 | New York, News
Advocates for Westchester County’s medical practitioners and businesses burdened by health care costs said they’ll make medical malpractice liability a key target of their lobbying and reform efforts in 2012. “Medical liability reform will always be a major priority...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2012 | Florida, News
Doctors working in emergency rooms would be protected by sovereign immunity from large medical malpractice judgments under a measure filed Thursday in the Senate. The measure, filed by Sen. John Thrasher (R-St. Augustine), notes that emergency room doctors must treat...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2012 | Georgia, News
When looking at the medical liability landscape, doctors will see some recent victories fending off tort reform challenges. California’s $250,000 noneconomic damages cap — long considered the gold standard among state tort reforms — was upheld by an...
by PPN | Jan 31, 2012 | News
The average cost of defending a physician against a medical liability claim rose 63% to more than $47,000 from 2001 to 2010, according to a December report from the American Medical Association. That rise came despite the fact that nearly two-thirds of all claims...
