by PPN | Feb 26, 2021 | Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, National, Newsletter
Preventing pandemic liability risks Already a worry for physicians and health care providers, the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded liability risks – and the effects remain to be seen. An interview with David Feldman, MD, chief medical officer of The Doctors Company,...
by PPN | Jan 29, 2021 | National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Likelihood of liability lawsuits in the age of COVID-19 Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, liability protections for health care providers remain unresolved at the federal level. Health care and business groups, including the HCLA and its member organizations,...
by PPN | Dec 23, 2020 | National, Newsletter
HCLA continues push for COVID-19 liability protections 2020 was another active year for HCLA advocacy. Although this year’s final COVID-19 stimulus legislation failed to include liability protections for healthcare providers on the front lines of the COVID-19...
by PPN | Nov 24, 2020 | National, Newsletter
Neurosurgery journal examines medicolegal issues across the practice The November issue of Neurosurgical Focus closely examines the overlap between medical and legal challenges faced by neurosurgeons both in the U.S. and around the world. With 22 peer-reviewed...
by PPN | Oct 29, 2020 | National, Newsletter
Alternative approaches to COVID-19 liability As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches new heights into the fall and winter, an opinion piece highlights the medical liability crisis that could lie ahead — and an alternative resolution. Writing in the Journal of the American...
by PPN | Sep 29, 2020 | National, Newsletter, Oregon
Oregon court errs in liability ruling The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled against the state’s limits on non-economic damages for personal injury cases, with the state’s wrongful death cap remaining, putting an attractive place to practice medicine in limbo. Initially...
