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Anyone have any experience working in Kentucky? Leaving the question very broad on purpose. Looking for any response of what ER work is like down there, life, etc.

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Anyone have any experience working in Kentucky? Leaving the question very broad on purpose. Looking for any response of what ER work is like down there, life, etc.

AAEM has been running a series in Common Sense regarding the medical malpractice climate in various states. It has this to say about Kentucky:

"Liability environment for emergency physicians: Just like the race track at Churchill Downs, Kentucky’s medical malpractice environment is dangerous and gritty. Most notably, Section 54 of the state’s constitution specifically prohibits caps on damages. In addition, Kentucky has absolutely no expert witness reform. Experts are not required to practice clinically, nor do they need to be in the same state nor the same special ty as the defendant. Furthermore, the state does not require the plaintiff to attach an expert’s affidavit to the complaint, opening wide the door to frivolous lawsuits. Kentucky has no collateral source reform, no limits on attorney fees, no periodic payment reform, and only partial joint and several liability reform."

http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/January-February14CommonSense.pdf

Kentucky has an "F" rating in the medical malpractice category in the 2014 ACEP report card.

"Kentucky is long overdue for improving its Medical Liability Environment. The state must work to implement expert witness rules that require experts to be of the same specialty as the defendant and licensed to practice medicine in the state. Requiring case certification by expert witnesses may also reduce the number of frivolous malpractice cases brought to court, alleviating this burden on providers, patients, and the court system as a whole. Kentucky should also consider implementing additional liability protections for care mandated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires physicians to provide lifesaving care, often without a preexisting patient relationship and little to no knowledge of a patient's medical history.

While Kentucky's decision to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"

What does this mean in English for the physician considering working in Kentucky? You'll get sued more frequently than you would in a physician-friendly state like Texas when you've done nothing wrong. Medicaid expansion means that you will be seeing more people trying to scam you for drugs or for minor things who will give you bad customer service scores when you don't do what they want their way, right away.

All this adds up to a state that is pretty good for a medical malpractice lawyer, but terrible for a doctor.
 
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AAEM has been running a series in Common Sense regarding the medical malpractice climate in various states. It has this to say about Kentucky:

"Liability environment for emergency physicians: Just like the race track at Churchill Downs, Kentucky’s medical malpractice environment is dangerous and gritty. Most notably, Section 54 of the state’s constitution specifically prohibits caps on damages. In addition, Kentucky has absolutely no expert witness reform. Experts are not required to practice clinically, nor do they need to be in the same state nor the same special ty as the defendant. Furthermore, the state does not require the plaintiff to attach an expert’s affidavit to the complaint, opening wide the door to frivolous lawsuits. Kentucky has no collateral source reform, no limits on attorney fees, no periodic payment reform, and only partial joint and several liability reform."

http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/January-February14CommonSense.pdf

Kentucky has an "F" rating in the medical malpractice category in the 2014 ACEP report card.

"Kentucky is long overdue for improving its Medical Liability Environment. The state must work to implement expert witness rules that require experts to be of the same specialty as the defendant and licensed to practice medicine in the state. Requiring case certification by expert witnesses may also reduce the number of frivolous malpractice cases brought to court, alleviating this burden on providers, patients, and the court system as a whole. Kentucky should also consider implementing additional liability protections for care mandated by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires physicians to provide lifesaving care, often without a preexisting patient relationship and little to no knowledge of a patient's medical history.

While Kentucky's decision to expand Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act"

What does this mean in English for the physician considering working in Kentucky? You'll get sued more frequently than you would in a physician-friendly state like Texas when you've done nothing wrong. Medicaid expansion means that you will be seeing more people trying to scam you for drugs or for minor things who will give you bad customer service scores when you don't do what they want their way, right away.

All this adds up to a state that is pretty good for a medical malpractice lawyer, but terrible for a doctor.

Wow, thanks for that! Need to ponder on that.
 
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