by PPN | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Physicians in states that limit the amount juries can award for noneconomic damage in medical malpractice suits conduct fewer invasive tests for suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) and referred fewer patients for revascularization than their counterparts in states...
by PPN | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Amid speculation that malpractice insurance rates will rise, maintaining an air-tight risk management plan should be on doctors’ agenda this year. Malpractice insurance rates declined over the last decade as tort reform and industry safety measures led to fewer...
by PPN | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
A proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution has elicited strong opinions from both proponents and detractors. Annabelle Imber Tuck, a retired Arkansas Supreme Court justice who is chairman of the Defending Your Day in Court, or D-Day, Legislative Question...
by PPN | Apr 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adverse medical events declined when physicians received immunity from malpractice lawsuits at a large Miami teaching hospital, according to a study published in the latest issue of Health Management, Policy and Innovation (HMPI). The...
by PPN | Apr 27, 2018 | Arkansas, Newsletter, Uncategorized
Improving patient care by removing threat of lawsuits In an effort to better understand the impact that medical lawsuit abuse has on health care providers, a recent study granted immunity from liability lawsuits to practicing physicians – and studied the after...
by PPN | Jan 24, 2018 | California, National, News, Uncategorized
The American Medical Association (AMA) today released a new series of trend reports in its Policy Research Perspective series illustrating the price Americans pay for the nation’s broken medical liability system. “Information in this new research paints a bleak...
