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...
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...
by PPN | Mar 31, 2023 | National, News
SOURCE: Business Insurance Medical professionals and their insurers face an evolving medical liability landscape following the U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision last year, but captives may be able to help organizations handle the risks, an attorney, a risk manager...
by PPN | Mar 31, 2023 | National, News, Pennsylvania
SOURCE: The Philadelphia Inquirer For the first time in 20 years, Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice lawsuits this year can be filed in counties other than the one where an injury happened. Late last year, the family of a 9-year-old boy who fractured his jaw at...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2023 | National, News, Oregon
SOURCE: American Medical Association Physicians do not—and cannot—guarantee a good result for every patient, something that juries need to be reminded of before deliberating. That is especially true in tough cases that may pull at the heartstrings, physicians tell the...
by PPN | Feb 28, 2023 | National, New Mexico, News
SOURCE: KOB 4 Barely a year after lawmakers slapped an emergency bandage on New Mexico’s revamped Medical Malpractice Act, doctors are again warning about a dire – if unintended – consequence. At the start of 2024, the cap for awards in malpractice lawsuits against...
