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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Prisma Health contended the doctors were always aware the hospital does not staff its operating rooms 24/7, and instead nurses and surgical technicians would be on call “within 30 minutes.”
But a lawsuit brought by a group of religiously affiliated health care providers and states meant that, by December 2016, key LGBTQ+ protections had been put on hold as the court weighed the ...
The case raised questions about the extent of whistleblower protection for healthcare providers who report patient care concerns to licensing authorities. Texas law included remedies against retaliation for whistleblowers, but no known U.S. state had whistleblower laws that addressed appropriate prosecutorial conduct.
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 ...