Physicians say Pa. court rule could bring back ‘venue shopping’ and jeopardize patient access to care
Escalating medical liability premiums created a crisis in
However, the Pa. Supreme Court recently proposed to eliminate one of the key pieces of those reforms.
Currently, medical liability claims can only stand trial in the county where the alleged medical error occurred. The rule change would eliminate this restriction and allow attorneys to move medical liability claims to counties that award higher payoffs – a practice known as "venue shopping."
The proposed rule is open for public comments between now and
A coalition that includes PAMED, the Hospital and
"If history is any indication, this could have devastating effects on patient care," said
A shrinking physician workforce made it more difficult for patients to get care, says
"This rule change ignores history and puts new mothers, older Pennsylvanians and anyone needing a specialist at risk of losing access to quality health care," said
"While you may have already heard from many physicians, this issue is also important to medical students and residents, such as myself," said Hoff, who is chair of PAMED's Medical Student Section. "This is very likely to cause future generations of physicians to seek employment opportunities outside of
The Pa.
More information: www.pamedsoc.org/VenueRule
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