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Associated PressMay 21, 2015

A 2003 law capping medical malpractice lawsuit awards at $500,000 can’t be applied retroactively. That’s what the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a Miami-Dade County case in which a woman suffered permanent damage to her leg from unnecessary surgery. A jury awarded Kimberly Ann Miles $1.5 million, but Dr. Daniel Weingrad appealed the case […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 9, 2015

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At the final regularly scheduled meeting of the 2015 session for his committee, House Health & Human Services Committee Chairman Jason Brodeur dropped a bomb. He announced that the chamber next year would tackle some of the thorniest issues in health care: certificate of need (CON), insurance mandates and medical malpractice. The news puts most […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 13, 2015

The Florida Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday issued a seven-step plan that it says would provide coverage to the uninsured as well as eliminate a billion-dollar-plus burden on Floridians. Dubbed Smarter Health Care Coverage in Florida, the Chamber’s plan calls for using federal dollars available under the Affordable Care Act so long as the impact on […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 13, 2015

The Florida Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday issued a seven-step plan that it says would provide coverage to the uninsured as well as eliminate a billion-dollar-plus burden on Floridians. Dubbed Smarter Health Care Coverage in Florida, the Chamber’s plan calls for using federal dollars available under the Affordable Care Act so long as the impact on […]

Tag: medical malpractice

Supreme Court: Medical malpractice caps aren’t retroactive

House will tackle certificate of need, malpractice in 2016, Jason Brodeur says

Docs, hospitals, trial attorneys targeted in Florida Chamber’s seven step health plan

Docs, hospitals, trial attorneys targeted in Florida Chamber's seven step health plan