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 | Jan 29, 2021 | Pennsylvania
SOURCE: Law360 The criticisms of the temporary and targeted COVID-19 liability protections contained in Pennsylvania’s H.B. 1737, vetoed by Gov. Tom Wolf on Nov. 30, are long on rhetoric and short on facts. Wolf erroneously claimed the bill was...
by PPN | Jul 31, 2020 | National, Pennsylvania
SOURCE: Skadden Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) yesterday introduced H.R. 7538, the Essential Workforce Parity Act. If enacted, this legislation would extend paid leave required by the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) to...
by PPN | Feb 27, 2020 | Iowa, National, Newsletter, Pennsylvania, Texas
The year ahead for patients and physicians Advocating for physicians in over 60 active lawsuits, the Litigation Center of the American Medical Association and State Medical Societies has a busy year ahead in support of access to care. Brian D. Vandenberg, senior vice...
by PPN | Feb 27, 2020 | Pennsylvania
SOURCE: JD SUPRA Change may be coming soon to Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice venue rule (Rule 1006(a.1))—a change that could send medical malpractice filings in Philadelphia skyrocketing. Last week, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (the “Legislative...
by PPN | Nov 26, 2019 | Connecticut, Iowa, Newsletter, Pennsylvania
Iowa’s liability climate is changing – for worse The Iowa Medical Society (IMS) highlighted how the state’s medical liability climate is shifting and threatening access to care in the Fall edition of Iowa Medicine. In 2017, a series of reforms including certificate of...
