Medical malpractice has been heavily litigated in the past and remains an ever-expanding area of litigation. Medical malpractice occurs when a hospital, doctor, or any other medical.
While hospitals are struggling to manage labor costs, payers and employers aren’t footing the bill. Meanwhile, nurses are leaving the profession after 2 years of battling a pandemic.
A new analysis from the University of California, Los Angeles suggests the state’s cap on noneconomic losses in malpractice cases has fallen far behind present-day values, and may even be associated with an increase in malpractice cases over the past five decades.