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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...

A Win in Washington for Patients Legislators in Washington gave patients a win earlier this month, passing legislation that will improve the nation's medical liability climate and ensure greater access to care. By a bipartisan vote of 92-8, the U.S. Senate passed H.R....

Congress Comes Together on Medicare Reimbursements, Closes Liability Loophole By an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 392-37, Members of Congress last week came together to agree on an overarching measure that would protect patients and eliminate constant uncertainty...

  Protect Patients Now Volume 10, Issue 2 February 2015 Newsletter E-Newsletter     Special points of interest: Cure for Defense Medicine Should Include Dose of Liability Reform HCLA Supports Good Samaritan Bill to Protect Access to Care HCLA Prepares...