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Illinois’ Court Set to Rule on Liability Limitations Under fire in the state of Illinois are the statute of limitations for medical liability lawsuits, with the possibility that they could be extended and leave physicians indefinitely vulnerable to medical lawsuit...

Risky Business: Subjecting Texas Physicians to Unfriendly Liability Climates While Texas patients have benefited from lower costs and an increase in specialty physicians in the decade since comprehensive medical liability reform was enacted, current litigation in New...

Tennessee Legislators Looking Ahead to Preserve Access to Care Having passed comprehensive medical liability reform in 2011 and cognizant of the improvements in access to care achieved since then, Tennessee physicians are taking additional steps to protect patients by...

Conversation Starter: Effects of Defensive Medicine on Liability Claims As the sky high cost of ordering more tests than is medically necessary further adds to the burden of an already expensive health care system, researchers in an initial study of defensive medicine...

Medical Liability Monitor: High Rates Remain Unchanged The annual survey of medical liability insurers showed rates little changed from 2014 to 2015, with clear inconsistencies from state to state that can be attributed to a given state’s medical liability climate....

Texas Patients See Surge in Access to Care Faced with a harsh reality of too few physicians just twelve years ago, patients across the state of Texas now have greater health care options amidst a surge of newly licensed practitioners. Exceeding 4,000 newly licensed...

A New Low for Liability Claims in Wisconsin After enacting comprehensive liability laws, Wisconsin patients and physicians are reaping the benefits of a system that has greatly reduced meritless lawsuits and managed health care costs across the state. According to...

California Patients Prevail in Latest MICRA Challenge Months after California voters expressed continued support for long-standing and effective medical liability laws by rejecting Proposition 46, legal challenges continue to threaten access to patient care. Late last...

House and Senate Work Together on Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act The Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act has been introduced in both the House and Senate, and supporters say it offers physicians who document adherence to certain evidence-based clinical-practice guidelines...

Patient Protection Measures in Place in Missouri Over the past three years, following the repeal of limits on non-economic damages, patients in Missouri were left vulnerable as physicians considered relocation or closure. Now, the Governor of Missouri has ensured that...