For the first time in nearly five decades, the amount of money California plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases can receive for pain and suffering will increase. This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 35 into law overhauling the Medical…
By Hannah Norman Tiffanie Jones was a few tanks of gas into her drive from Tampa, Florida, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, when she found out her travel nurse contract had been canceled. Jones, who has been a nurse for 17 years,…
For 18 consecutive quarters, commercial insurance prices have been rising, but in the first quarter of 2022, the increases moderated, according to the Marsh Global Insurance Market Index. According to Marsh, commercial insurance prices rose 11% globally in Q1, which…
By Brett Kelman More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose. Vaught was prosecuted this…
Hospitals across the country are struggling to handle rising costs for staff, drugs, and supplies, the American Hospital Association reports. During the Covid pandemic, labor costs per patient rose 19% from 2019 to 2021. Meanwhile, the prices for supplies jumped…
