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New Law Protects Medical Professionals Who Travel with Sports Teams

President Donald Trump has signed legislation that will protect sports medicine professionals who travel with sports teams by ensuring that their license and liability insurance remains in effect even when they cross state lines. The Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act …

New York Med Mal Insurer’s State Audit Could Trigger Higher Rates for Doctors

New York doctors, some of whom already pay 10 times more for malpractice insurance than physicians in San Francisco, may see their rates soar thanks to a state audit beginning this month. Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers, whose shaky finances are central …

Idaho Birthing Center Investigated After 3 Deaths

The Idaho Board of Midwifery suspended the licenses of a mother-daughter midwife team at a Meridian birthing center that’s under investigation following the deaths of three infants. Jerusha Goodwin and her mother, Coleen Marie Goodwin, of The Baby Place were …