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The act limited non-economic damages (e.g., damages for pain and suffering) in most malpractice cases to $250,000 across all healthcare providers and $250,000 for healthcare facilities, with a limit of two facilities per claim. [43] [44] As of 2013, Texas was one of 31 states to cap non-economic damages. [43]
The NPDB was created by Congress with the primary goals of improving health care quality, protecting the public and reducing health care fraud and abuse. The NPDB is managed by the Bureau of Health Workforce of the Health Resources and Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Before May 6, 2013, the Data Bank ...
The 2006 Massachusetts law successfully covered approximately two-thirds of the state's then-uninsured residents, half via federal-government-paid-for Medicaid expansion (administered by MassHealth) and half via the Connector's free and subsidized network-tiered health care insurance for those not eligible for expanded Medicaid. Relatively few ...
Care homes are pushing back against lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort to get states to grant them protection from claims of inadequate care. Faced with 19,000 dead, care homes seek shield ...
Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient. [1] The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management.
A recent multi-million dollar class-action settlement brings an end to a nearly decade-old legal battle for local health care workers, a case in which one of the original doctors filing suit died ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services 682 F.3d 1 is a United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decision that affirmed the judgment of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the section that defines the terms "marriage" as ...
Zelman's lawsuit was originally filed on Dec. 6, 2022 in Barnstable Superior Court, before it was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on Jan. 25, 2023 and refiled in Suffolk Superior Court on ...