A Florida House bill would revamp how cases involving allegations of death and injury from medical malpractice would be handled.
Instead of going through the tort system, an administrative law system that would include panels of physician specialists would review claims.
HB 739 is intended to reduce malpractice insurance costs, end the practice of “defensive medicine” in which health care providers order medical tests not necessarily needed, provide patients with small claims lawyers who…
A Florida House bill would revamp how cases involving allegations of death and injury from medical malpractice would be handled.
Instead of going through the tort system, an administrative law system that would include panels of physician specialists would review claims.
HB 739 is intended to reduce malpractice insurance costs, end the practice of “defensive medicine” in which health care providers order medical tests not necessarily needed, provide patients with small claims lawyers who…