SANTA FE With just over one week before a new medical malpractice law takes effect, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday signed an emergency bill maki.
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That act puts a $4 million cap on malpractice claims against big hospitals in the state and a $750,000 limit for smaller providers. The problem, said Annie Jung, executive director of the New Mexico Medical Society, is that small providers cannot afford enough liability insurance to cover a $4 million malpractice payout. Dayan Hochman-Vigil of Albuquerque and.