Newsletters
June 2021 Newsletter
At Risk: Missouri's liability laws Missouri’s legislature and courts have long played a back and forth on the ability to enact reasonable limits on noneconomic damages, with current law in jeopardy of again being struck down as the state’s Supreme Court hears...
May 2021 Newsletter
HCLA endorses Coronavirus Provider Protection Act The HCLA endorsed recently introduced legislation that offers long-overdue protections for health care professionals and facilities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. H.R. 3021, The Coronavirus Provider Protection...
April 2021 Newsletter
Increasing liability premiums dim post-pandemic outlook As health care professionals look ahead to post-pandemic care, rising liability insurance premiums create an uncertain future and dimming hopes of a swift recovery. After holding steady for over a decade, new...
March 2021 Newsletter
Personal injury lawyers spend heavily to solicit COVID-19 claims Television advertisement spending in the latter half of 2020 highlights just how aggressively personal injury lawyers are soliciting COVID-19 liability claims and plaintiffs. In a report compiled by the...
February 2021 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,...
January 2021 Newsletter
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,...
December 2020 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...
November 2020 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...
October 2020 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...
September 2020 Newsletter
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...