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Medical Liability Reforms Take Effect on October 1
Provisions of Senate Bill 33 – Medical Liability Reforms will take effect on Saturday, October 1, 2011, in North Carolina.
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Brunswick County Physicians Celebrate Legislative Victories at County’s Annual Meeting
The Brunswick County Medical Society held their annual meeting on Thursday, September 22 in Supply, NC. County Society President Jugta Kahai, MD, organized and hosted a vendor fair and dinner […]
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Friend-of-the-Court Brief Filed in Florida Supreme Court in Support of Upholding Medical Liability Reform
The AMA and organizations representing Florida physicians, hospitals, small business owners and their insurers filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Thursday asking the Florida Supreme Court to preserve patients’ access to […]
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Legislative Summary Includes Public Safety Bills
Legislation under the category of Public Safety were among the 88 bills tracked by the NCMS Legislative Team during the 2011 session of the NC General Assembly. This was in […]
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Coming Soon: 2011 NCMS Legislative Summary
Covering bills of interest to physicians, the Summary will include the all-important SB 33 – Medical Liability Reforms and HB 542 – Tort Reform for Citizens and Business, along with summaries of 86 other pieces of legislation affecting health care and the community of medicine.
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2011 Legislative Session: Medical Liability Reforms and Much More
While enactment of SB 33 – Medical Liability Reforms was a major achievement for the NCMS Legislative Affairs team this legislative session, dozens of other bills of interest to physicians will also be included in the soon-to-be released 2011 Legislative Summary.
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SB 33 – Medical Liability Reforms: The Power of Organized Medicine
July 25, 2011 will be forever one of the most important days in the history of the North Carolina Medical Society. On that day the NC House voted 74-42 to override the Governor’s veto of SB 33-Medical Liability Reforms, allowing North Carolina to join a majority of states where medical liability reforms are already in place.
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Legislative Summary Highlights Major Accomplishments in 2011
There’s no question that enactment of Senate Bill 33-Medical Liability Reforms was the biggest achievement of the 2011 legislative session. However, SB 33 was one of 88 bills that were tracked by the NCMS legislative team because of their potential impact on physicians and patients in North Carolina.
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Victory! SB 33 – Medical Liability Reforms Becomes Law in North Carolina
Physicians are savoring a great and hard-fought victory this week.
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HB 542 Makes Important Changes to North Carolina’s Tort System
Another big accomplishment was the passage of the “actual medicals” provision which requires that evidence of past medical expenses be limited to the amounts actually paid to satisfy medical bills.
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