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Louisiana COVID Immunity Ruling: The Impact on Healthcare Liability
The Louisiana Court of Appeals decided that medical review panel proceedings cannot consider COVID-19 immunity, significantly impacting healthcare providers. This ruling increases liability exposure during the panel process and highlights the importance of strong medical malpractice insurance. As providers face heightened risks in navigating medical liability cases, comprehensive malpractice coverage becomes essential for protecting against […]

Connecticut Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Physicians’ Immunity from Civil Liability During COVID
The Connecticut Supreme Court recently determined that the executive order by Gov. Ned Lamont granting medical professionals and healthcare facilities immunity from any medical malpractice actions related to care delivered during the state’s COVID-19 response did not apply in two medical malpractice cases. The first case, Mills v. Hartford HealthCare, involved the alleged wrongful death […]

Corporate Acquisitions Accelerating Surge in Employed Physicians
New research from the Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI), a nonprofit physician advocacy organization, in conjunction with the healthcare consultancy Avalere Health, indicates almost three quarters (73.9%) of all U.S. physicians were employed by a hospital, health system or other corporate entity as of Jan. 1, 2022, up from 69% at the same point last year. […]

Doctors, Politicians Battle Over COVID Disinformation, Standard of Care
A growing number of state medical boards have been pushing back against the minority of healthcare professionals spreading dangerous COVID-19 disinformation and prescribing unproven coronavirus treatments. They are increasingly meeting resistance from conservative lawmakers. “Physicians who generate and spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation or disinformation are risking disciplinary action by state medical boards, including the suspension […]

McCain Outlines Plan to Cut Medical Costs
Posted by Andante Higgins http://www.cbsnews.com John McCain visited Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, today, where doctors and nurses showed him how they’ve used technological advances to deliver a higher quality of care while bringing costs down. McCain heard stories from a cancer survivor and woman whose difficult pregnancy was successfully treated by specialists here. […]

The Rise of Convenient Care Clinics and their Medical Malpractice Risks
by Michael Matray, editor of Medical Liability Monitor Consumer demand for convenience, access and affordability is changing how episodic-care and preventative medicine is delivered in the United States. A novelty 15 years ago, today there are more than 3,000 convenient care clinics in the United States, most located within the nation’s largest big-box retail outlets. […]

Doctors can't be expected to work without compensation
SHELDON J. TAUB, M.D http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion

Alaska’s physician shortage called ‘grim’
Federal panel meeting in Anchorage is told relief is still in school By ROSEMARY SHINOHARA Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com A shortage of primary care physicians in Alaska will get worse before it gets better because the best solutions — training more Alaskans to be doctors and teaching them within the state — will take years, […]

Governor signs bill to address physician shortage
by Joy Mapaye http://www.ktuu.com Gov. Sarah Palin has authorized more students to receive their medical education in Alaska. The governor signed House Bill 18 on Wednesday. The bill doubled the number of entering students into the WWAMI Program from 10 to 20 students. Alaska is one of five states participating in the WWAMI Regional Medical […]
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