PATIENT RIGHTS ADVOCACY FORUM

About Us

Empowering Medical Malpractice Victims:

Our Commitment to Advocacy and Justice

OUR MISSION

At the Patient Rights Advocacy Forum, we champion the rights of patients and their families in Louisiana to receive full and fair compensation for injuries and deaths resulting from medical malpractice— the third leading cause of death in the United States.


Our advocacy is rooted in addressing the injustice caused by Louisiana’s harsh and outdated medical malpractice laws, enacted in 1975 to shield the powerful healthcare industry. Through relentless advocacy, we strive to reform Louisiana’s medical malpractice laws to hold nursing homes, hospitals, and healthcare providers accountable when their negligence results in life-altering injuries or loss of life.


We advocate for fair and equitable medical malpractice laws in Louisiana that prioritize patient safety, deter medical malpractice, and ensure just compensation for preventable harm.

Every day in the Baton Rouge legislature there are...

71

71 registered lobbyists representing healthcare and hospitals.

79

79 registered lobbyists representing healthcare and physicians.

81

81 registered lobbyists representing the insurance industry.

17

17 registered lobbyists representing the Ochsner Health System alone

and

ZERO

Lobbyists For Victims Of Medical Malpractice.

Source: 2023 records of the La. Secretary of State


We are determined to change this.

Our OFFICERS

WHO WE ARE

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YOU MATTER.

Are you or a loved one a victim of medical malpractice? Want to do something about it?