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Opinion - Dr. Murry Feingold: Second opinion: Party diagnoses Milford Daily News, MA - Oct. 31, 2006 ...One medical liability lawyer stated that his company defends many doctors who were consulted in an informal manner, such as, at their child's Little League baseball game... Editorial: Vote for balance in the courts Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Oct. 31, 2006 ...These plaintiff-friendly courts are a primary reason why medical malpractice rates for doctors are higher here than any other place in the state outside Cook County... Trial lawyers seek malpractice rollback Connecticut Business News Journal, New Haven, CT - Oct. 30, 2006 ...Physicians have this unexpected ally in the fight against rate hikes because trial lawyers don't want rising insurance costs used to argue for tort reform and caps on damage awards... Medical malpractice news
Pa. renews insurance subsidies for doctors for fifth year Insurance Journal (Associated Press) - Oct. 30, 2006 Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has signed a bill to continue state subsidies for a fifth straight year to help tens of thousands of physicians and other health care specialists pay their medical malpractice insurance bills... Pa. lobbying law ready to be signed Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Oct. 29, 2006 ...It raised cigarette taxes to help doctors pay their medical malpractice insurance bills... Opinion - Rich Perlberg: Is there a political common ground? Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, Livingston, MI - Oct. 29, 2006 ...Some — Democrats, mostly — blame insurance companies and pharmaceutical firms. Republicans like to lay some blame on malpractice lawyers. All sides blame inefficient health-care delivery systems... Opinion - James W. Herman/Thomas Weida: Future health care needs require attention Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Oct. 29, 2006 Strategies to improve access to primary care services should include ...fixing the medical liability issue by placing caps on non-economic damages... Group decries 'frivolous lawsuits' The Herald News, Joliet, IL - Oct. 29, 2006 ...Scheeler acknowledges that Illinois has take some steps to reform medical malpractice, but that much still needs to be done to reform the state's legal system... Policing Florida's doctors: panel too slow, lenient, malpractive victims say Palm Beach Post, FL - Oct. 29, 2006 ...for years has been a lightning rod for criticism, particularly from malpractice victims who say the board is often too slow to act and too lenient on bad doctors... Opinion - John Gilliland: Iowa's legal climate hurts job growth Des Moines Business Record, IA - Oct. 29, 2006 ...In the past decade, 42 states have enacted medical liability reforms to protect access to health care. Iowa has not... State examines doctors' online self-evaluations The Gainesville Sun, FL - Oct. 28, 2006 The division of medical quality assurance is checking the disciplinary history and medical malpractice claims self-reported by physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors and osteopaths on the Web site, www.flhealth source.com... Electronic medical records benefit doctors The Pueblo Chieftain, CO - Oct. 28, 2006 ...Malpractice insurance companies, he said, are beginning to look at discounts for physicians who use electronic systems, realizing that “a vast majority of malpractice claims is based on misplaced records or on prescriptions.”... Controversial abortion law divides a state The Rapid City Journal, IA - Oct. 28, 2006 ...Cancers of the reproductive organs could require chemotherapy and radiation best done after the pregnancy has been aborted, he said. Treating a pregnant woman could amount to malpractice, Buehner said... Judge rejects doctors' claim of immunity Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Oct. 27, 2006 ...Ruling in three cases yesterday involving victims of alleged malpractice at the University of Virginia Health Center, a Charlottesville judge decided that a defense of charitable immunity can't apply to a physician foundation that supports the hospital... New Mexico midwives make headway in Medicaid reimbursement New Mexico Business Weekly, NM - Oct. 27, 2006 ...midwives will once again be paid for delivering babies for Medicaid-eligible women outside of hospitals without holding medical malpractice insurance... Medical malpractice news
Record influx of patients helps keep OHSU's outlook in the pink, out of red The Oregonian, Portland, OR - Oct. 27, 2006 ...The ruling effectively eliminated a cap that shielded OHSU -- a public corporation -- from tort awards of more than $200,000. OHSU officials see the removal of that cap as one of the biggest threats to the university's financial stability... American Physicians OKs buyback plan Houston Chronicle, TX (Associated Press) - Oct. 27, 2006 ...American Physicians Capital Inc., a Midwest regional provider of medical liability insurance, said Friday it authorized the repurchase of $32 million of the company's shares... Medical malpractice news
Editorial: Fair share measure should be re-enacted Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Oct. 26, 2006 ...Our Opinion: The act would have protected doctors and hospitals whose percentage of liability in malpractice cases was minimal. It needs to be re-enacted; this time devoid of technical violations... Malpractice insurer seeks rate reduction Charleston Daily Mail, WV - Oct. 26, 2006 ...West Virginia Physicians' Mutual -- the safety net for nearly 1,700 West Virginia doctors -- went for the significant cut in its annual malpractice premium because the number of malpractice claims and payouts dropped in recent years, company leaders said... Malpractice insurer seeks lower rates The Charleston Gazette, WV - Oct. 26, 2006 ...In an apparent nod to West Virginia’s friendlier malpractice environment, the state’s largest malpractice insurer put in for a 15 percent rate decrease last month... Consumer group says p/c rates drop 'irrespective' of tort reform enactment Insurance Journal - Oct. 26, 2006 ...commercial insurance rates have stabilized or dropped in almost every sector, including medical malpractice, according to an analysis of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers quarterly survey of market conditions by a national consumer advocacy group... HMA staying the course, despite tough third quarter Naples Daily News, FL - Oct. 26, 2006 ...HMA is partnering with and employing more physicians in hopes of countering a trend that has them seeing more patients and doing more surgeries in their own offices, where they feel there’s less risk of malpractice lawsuits... Answers in short supply about out-of-control healthcare costs and the uninsured Northeast PA Business Journal, Scranton, PA - Oct. 26, 2006 ...Medical liability claims are also a part of healthcare cost increases. Another factor is the continuing addition of new life-saving medical technology. Opinion - David I. Fallk: Diagnose problem, cure it at the polls Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - Oct. 26, 2006 IT IS TIME that the deceptions, diversions and denials being pushed by so-called “tort reformers,” particularly in the medical establishment, are exposed and rejected... Five things you should know about insurance Pensacola News Journal, FL - Oct. 26, 2006 ...Three years after the Legislature capped medical malpractice payouts, insurance company payouts dropped by more than 40 percent.... Tackling doctor shortage in the Poconos WNEP-TV16, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Oct. 25, 2006 ..."Some of the more regional and local issues that we face are increased medical liability premium, malpractice insurance, decreased reimbursement and we also face intensive competition from other health systems in the area," said Stephanie Taormina... Blow the whistle Morris Daily Herald, IL - Oct. 25, 2006 ...However, Scheeler said, many of those cases are now going to Cook County, which is also a favorite venue to file medical malpractice suits. Scheeler said Cook County is bigger than some states... Medical malpractice news
When a heart attack goes undiagnosed USA Today - Oct. 25, 2006 ...The monetary risks are huge for physicians. A missed heart attack diagnosis, research has shown, brings the highest malpractice payout of all conditions... Report backs hospitals' case Hartford Courant, CT - Oct. 25, 2006 ...The reasons include high costs for energy, salaries and malpractice insurance, as well as the expense of maintaining and upgrading buildings... Health care employers may balance accommodation of disabled employee against patient safety Law.com, CA - Oct. 25, 2006 ...employers are often in a quandary because the failure to take action against a disabled employee may lead to claims of medical malpractice, whereas action taken against the disabled employee may lead to a claim of discrimination... APCapital's earnings jump in third quarter Lansing State Journal, MI - Oct. 25, 2006 ...Medical malpractice insurance provider American Physicians Capital Inc. saw its third quarter earnings rise nearly 62 percent, the company said late Tuesday... Medical malpractice news
Study: Hospital malpractice losses down 10% Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL - Oct. 24, 2006 ...A study found Florida hospitals' loss per bed from medical malpractice claims fell 10.1 percent from 2004 to 2005 as tort reform took hold... Justices overturn order allowing plaintiffs to depose convalescent hospital's attorney in malpractice suit Metropolitan News-Enterprise, Los Angeles, CA - Oct. 24, 2006 Plaintiffs' desire to verify contested calculations regarding the staffing ratio at a hospital sued for malpractice did not amount to "extremely good cause" for deposing opposing counsel, the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday... State high court clears Salem lawyer of defamation Statesman Journal, Salem, OR - Oct. 24, 2006 ...Gatti made comments about the medical-malpractice suit to The Oregonian and Portland television station KATU after it was settled Feb. 25, 1999... Inside the legal profession Chicago Tribune, IL - Oct. 24, 2006 ...Tort reform: Northwestern University School of Law will release Tuesday one of the most comprehensive studies of medical malpractice lawsuits and suggests that tort reform causes delays in big-money settlements... Opinion - Dr. Erik Steele: I need your help taking better care of you Bangor Daily News, ME - Oct. 24, 2006 ...You can tell me I'm a bad physician, make me hate myself, boil me in malpractice oil, send me back to medical school for the rest of my life, and I still will not practice perfect medicine... Opinion - Don Erler: In the Land of 'Duh' Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Oct. 24, 2006 ...many of the companies that had abandoned the Texas market during the bad old days (only four insurers would write new policies in 2002) have returned, with more than 20 companies writing medical malpractice policies today. Leveling playing fields nearly always corrects abuses. Duh... Opinion - Lucille Speidel: HB1215 irresponsible, won't stop abortions Aberdeen News, SD - Oct. 24, 2006 ...Malpractice insurance costs could mushroom under this law because it would be so easy for zealous lawyers to see an opportunity to file lawsuits on behalf of disgruntled family members or organizations ... Is there a doctor in the house? Daily Local News, Exton, PA - Oct. 24, 2006 ...When the orthopedic surgeon’s medical practice insurance premiums went into the six digits in 2004 and lawsuits were filed against half the specialists in his field, he picked up his family, packed up his practice and reluctantly left Pennsylvania to start over in Virginia... Hospitals face a rocky road Daily Local News, Exton, PA - Oct. 24, 2006 ...Increasingly, hospitals must help physicians, particularly in such high-premium practices as obstetrics, orthopedics and general surgery, pay insurance premiums to make sure those services are still offered at their hospitals... Opinion - Serrin Foster: What about the life of the mother exception in abortions? LifeNews.com, MT - Oct. 24, 2006 ...Sometimes doctors advise abortion because they are unaware of other options or because they are pressured by fear of malpractice suits... Med mal claims rate stable, severity grows: Aon Business Insurance, Chicago, IL - Oct. 23, 2006 While the frequency of hospital medical malpractice liability claims has stabilized, the severity of claims continues to grow, though at a slower rate, according to a study by Aon Risk Consultants... Medical malpractice news
Editorial: The politics of malpractice Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Oct. 22, 2006 Just in time for the elections, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has announced that the medical malpractice insurance company Medical Protective is reducing rates 32 percent next year... Spa treatments, by your doctor The News Journal, Wilmington, DE - Oct. 22, 2006 ...Kirchdoerffer felt she needed to do something to supplement her practice. Malpractice premiums soared fivefold, and the price of flu vaccines more than doubled in the six years since she opened her office... State does poor job involving victims Palm Beach Post, FL - Oct. 22, 2006 ...At the medical board's most recent meeting, this month in Tampa, it heard 45 disciplinary cases. Only one patient and one widow of a patient were there... Opinion - Kira Bacal: Headed for medical meltdown Houston Chronicle, TX - Oct. 21, 2006 ...Then it became a matter for you, your doctor, your employer, your health insurance company, the doctor's malpractice insurance company. The list goes on ... Medical malpractice news
N.J. program targets malpractice premiums Courier Post, Cherry Hill, NJ - Oct. 20, 2006 ...The act seeks to ensure affordable medical care for state residents in part by offering assistance in the payment of medical malpractice insurance premiums for physicians in certain high-risk specialties... Business gets lift in tort liability Denver Post, CO - Oct. 20, 2006 ...Reforms in tort law adopted by the Colorado between 2000 and 2005 put the state in the No. 2 spot, ranking behind Texas. States in the Rocky Mountain region rated high overall, with Utah coming in sixth and Wyoming 13th... Florida doctors triumph over insurers Miami Herald, FL - Oct. 20, 2006 ...``Surgeons were staying out of emergency rooms because many of them can't afford malpractice insurance, and why should they go in to do $10,000 worth of surgery and get reimbursed $800? That makes no sense.''... Obstetric care issues locally, globally focus of talk Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA - Oct. 20, 2006 ...Nine rural counties in the state no longer have physicians providing obstetrical care, primarily because of the high cost of malpractice insurance, Harper says... Editorial: We recommend Dallas Morning News, TX - Oct. 20, 2006 ...While we have differed on parts of Mr. Perry's tort-reform agenda, the 2003 medical malpractice reform has improved business conditions for doctors... A year later, Del. inmate care still lags, group says The News Journal, Wilmington, DE - Oct. 20. 2006 ...Dr. Robert Cohen, an expert in prison health care whom state and federal courts have appointed to monitor prisons in five states, said Delaware should investigate medical malpractice claims. Instead, the state's medical board occasionally takes complaints from inmates and their families... File unsealed in unusual hereditary cancer lawsuit in Seattle The Daily News, Longview, WA (Associated Press) - Oct. 19, 2006 ...The case, never previously reported, may have been the first to claim that doctors are obligated to try to prevent hereditary disease... Medical malpractice news
Doctors unite to lower insurance costs The Day, New London, CT - Oct. 19, 2006 ...part of a new program that is lowering their malpractice rates by 15 to 16 percent, the first significant decrease after successive years of double-digit increases.... News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA (Associated Press) - Oct. 19, 2006 ...About 30,000 health care providers would receive a state subsidy for a fifth straight year to help them pay their medical malpractice insurance bills, under legislation approved unanimously by the House... State doles out malpractice insurance aid The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ - Oct. 19, 2006 ...The checks, which total $15.7 million, were mailed this week to neurosurgeons, obstetricians and diagnostic radiologists -- professionals who are most often the target of medical malpractice lawsuits... Editorial: Fix ER billing issue Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - Oct. 19, 2006 ...It's all the trial lawyers' fault, claims a third. Spurious lawsuits and outrageous punitive damages make malpractice insurance unaffordable, forcing doctors into indigence or Ohio... Trial lawyers' profits dwarf business revenue in Illinois, report shows Madison County Record, IL - Oct. 19, 2006 ..."Tort costs for medical-malpractice liability are a greater share of Illinois' economy than of any states save New York's," Copland said... Group renews attacks on Metro East courts St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Oct. 18, 2006 ...the 22-page report - based a good deal on newspaper articles, court decisions and opinions favoring tort reform - claims that Illinois' litigation system remains largely in the hands of avaricious trial lawyers... Mich. Board of Medicine Web site scores low Battle Creek Enquirer, MI - Oct. 18, 2006 ...Of a total 100 points possible, Michigan received a score of 40.4 for providing physician identifying information, state disciplinary action, hospital disciplinary actions, malpractice information... Medical malpractice news
Medical insurer under fire Hartford Courant, CT - Oct. 18, 2006 Trial lawyers are asking regulators to consider seeking a rollback of malpractice rates at Connecticut Medical Insurance Co... Malpractice insurance rates dropping Daily Southtown, Tinley Park, IL - Oct. 18, 2006 A carrier of medical malpractice insurance has dropped rates by more than a third in Cook and Will counties and nearly as much statewide... Pay hike for prison medical workers Monterey County Herald, CA (Associated Press) - Oct. 18, 2006 ...U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson appointed a health-care expert in February to recommend changes to a system he said was ''broken beyond repair'' and in which an average of one inmate a week dies through neglect or malpractice... Conn. trial lawyers again call for review of med-mal rates Insurance Journal - Oct. 17, 2006 ...If Cogswell grants CLTA's request, it would not be the first time the trial lawyers have played a role in getting medical malpractice rates reviewed... Michigan web site about doctors ranks low Detriot Free Press, MI - Oct. 17, 2006 ...Many states, including Michigan, do not post information about a doctor's criminal convictions or malpractice payouts -- information that can help consumers find the best doctors... Medical malpractice news
Leavitt trying to bring medical records into computer age Chicago Sun-Times, IL - Oct. 17, 2006 ..."Insurers are even considering lower malpractice insurance rates to users. Maybe the real payoff will be seen in lives saved by faster, more accurate data retrieved in emergency rooms across the country."... Survey shows calorie count comes up short Orlando Sentinel, FL - Oct. 17, 2006 ...researchers randomly chose 307 medical malpractice claims nationwide that had been closed. Of those, 181 involved diagnostic errors that resulted in harm to patients... Survey: U.S. health care poor The Record, Stockton, CA - Oct. 17, 2006 ...Fully half of American say that excessive profits are “one of the single biggest factors in rising health-care costs.” Fraud and waste are blamed by 37 percent for high costs. Next comes malpractice lawsuits, 37 percent; followed by high profits for doctors and hospitals, 36 percent... Editorial: Health care reform: A pill too bitter for U.S. to swallow USA Today - Oct. 17, 2006 ...How about medical malpractice and greedy doctors and hospitals? Sorry. If there were a Richter scale for health care costs, each would register, but none would rattle buildings... Amendment 3 would make it harder to change state constitution The Ledger, Lakeland, Fl (Associated Press) - Oct. 16, 2006 ...It would require 60 percent approval for any new amendment to be passed, whether proposed by citizen initiative or the Legislature. Currently, it takes a simple majority... Group: Teaching hospital, heart care priority goals Palm Beach Daily News, FL - Oct. 15, 2006 ...Lobbying the state for medical malpractice reform also is part of the commission's agenda. The number of doctors willing to practice in the state is shrinking in part because of the litigious environment, according to Dennis... Medical malpractice news
Consumer unease with U.S. health care grows USA Today - Oct. 16, 2006 ...Few, however, correctly singled out the biggest drivers of spending, choosing instead culprits that get a lot of attention — such as profits of medical companies or malpractice lawsuits — but play a lesser role... Mo. Insurance Dept. releases 2005 medical malpractice report Insurance Journal - Oct. 16, 2006 In 2005, medical malpractice insurers in Missouri recorded a positive underwriting result for the second consecutive year and the highest recorded number of new claims filed... 2003 medical reform needs checkup The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA - Oct. 16, 2006 When the General Assembly reformed doctor disciplinary proceedings in 2003, it failed to schedule a follow-up visit - a curious omission... Wanted: Area Rx for M.D. exodus Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, NY - Oct. 15, 2006 ...The lower cost of living in Rochester, coupled with lower medical malpractice costs, might counter concerns over doctor pay... Opinion - Steven Pearlstein: Problems? Take look in mirror Kansas City Star, MO - Oct. 15, 2006 ...It ought to be obvious to anyone who has followed the asbestos debacle or the medical malpractice issue that litigation has become an inefficient way to police behavior... Opinion - Frank Betchart: Good health care starts with knowing patients Concord Monitor, NH - Oct. 14, 2006 ...Our rent is up 4 percent this year. Malpractice insurance coverage is up 15 percent... Sealed court cases coming under review The Ledger, Lakeland, FL - Oct. 14, 2006 ...news reports surfaced alleging that some Florida judges were inappropriately ordering that divorce, negligence, malpractice, and other cases be hidden from public view... Top U.S. medical insurer now in state Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Oct. 14, 2006 In the same room where he signed a law last year restricting medical malpractice lawsuits, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday returned to Alton to welcome the nation's largest medical insurer to Illinois... Governor touts med mal reform Insurer offering lower rates for doctors The Telegraph, Alton, IL - Oct. 14, 2006 ...Officials said they expect other companies to follow Medpro’s lead and reduce premiums, a change from the lack of competitive rates for malpractice liability coverage... Medical malpractice news
Legal climate ads ignite controversy West Virginia Record, Charleston, WV - Oct. 13, 2006 ...Roberts says Gov. Joe Manchin's administration has made strides in recent years, including insurance reform, medical malpractice reforms and improvements to the workers' compensation program... Two doctors sound alarm on heart stents Miami Herald, FL - Oct. 13, 2006 ...Meanwhile, malpractice lawyers are taking note of the stents problems. In its Oct. 9 edition, Business Week reported that particularly those active in Vioxx cases are now boning up on stents... Opinion - M.P. Rivindra Nathan, MD: Socialized medicine is not the remedy for us St. Petersburg Times, FL - Oct. 13, 2006 ...Flattening revenues for doctors, escalating medical expenses, lack of insurance for nearly 40-million people, the malpractice crisis and the advent of managed care, which hasn't made a dent in the skyrocketing medical expenses. All have become emblematic of modern times... Minor insurer is cutting malpractice rates for doctors St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Oct. 13, 2006 Pointing to medical malpractice legislation enacted more than a year ago, an insurance provider plans to announce that it will cut its premiums for Illinois doctors by more than 30 percent... Death on ship prompts lawsuit Los Angeles Times, CA - Oct. 13, 2006 ...In the past year, concerns have been raised about passengers disappearing from ships, medical emergencies and serious crimes... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - John T. Garland: Health care is about cost, not socialization Winona Daily News, MN - Oct. 12, 2006 ...vigorously trying to reduce medical errors by taking a systems approach, rather than relying on “malpractice” suits to assess blame... Supreme Court hears Oshkosh malpractice appeal Oshkosh Northwestern, WI - Oct. 12, 2006 ...After Hawley ruled in August 2005 that the medical malpractice statutes don't permit a spouse's representatives to seek damages, the daughters appealed... Supreme Court to hear arguments at Wheeling West Virginia Record, Charleston, WV - Oct. 12, 2006 ...Mound View Health Care, Inc, argues that the Medical Professional liability Act is constitutional as well as plain and unambiguous. Therefore, it says the legislative intent is plain and the law should not be interpreted by the courts... Union disrupts plan to send ailing workers to India for cheaper medical care New York Times - Oct. 11, 2006 ...The union’s resistance has brought to the fore a critical question in the path of the globalization of the health care industry — who is liable if something goes wrong in an overseas hospital?... Medical malpractice news
Proposal makes amending constitution harder for voters Daytona Beach News, FL - Oct. 11, 2006 ...They have started a statewide pre-kindergarten program, taken both sides in a fight about medical malpractice and approved -- then derailed -- a high-speed train... Tort reform has helped, Barbour says Hattiesburg American, MS - Oct. 11, 2006 The package of tort reform laws passed in 2004 placed caps on jury awards and more... Medical commission details goals Palm Beach Daily News, FL - Oct. 11, 2006 ...Getting the state legislature to pass medical malpractice reform is also on the board's list. The number of doctors willing to practice in Florida is shrinking in part because of the litigious environment, according to Dennis... 21 physicians disciplined by Texas Medical Board Houston Chronicle, TX - Oct. 10, 2006 ...A Houston spine surgeon accused of botching surgeries and abusing drugs and a psychiatrist who owns a clinic where a volunteer died during a clinical trial for a drug company are among 21 physicians disciplined by the Texas Medical Board, the agency announced today... Medical malpractice news
Editorial: Future of primary care medicine looking ill Concord Monitor, NH - Oct. 10, 2006 ...Blame low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, the high cost of malpractice insurance and the mounting expense of insurance company red tape... Mich. med mal insurer FinCor acquires Washingon Casualty Insurance Journal - Oct. 10, 2006 ...FinCor paid $9.8 million in cash for WCC, Washington's fourth-largest medical malpractice insurer... Medical malpractice news
Medical association's finances stir concern The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, GA (Associated Press) - Oct. 9, 2006 ...An influential coalition of physicians, MAG was key in lobbying last year for the passage of legislation that makes it more difficult to win big awards in medical malpractice lawsuits... Looming Medicare cuts cast uncertainty over patient care Naples Daily News, FL - Oct. 9, 2006 ...Gynecologists have been moving in that direction in recent years, mainly because of out-of-sight medical malpractice insurance premiums, and that trend would likely continue due to low reimbursement for gynecological visits... Need care, will travel Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA - Oct. 8, 2006 ...Major health organizations and physicians' groups blame high costs on escalating malpractice insurance premiums and steep administrative expenses... Opinion - Sarah Garrecht Tassen: Want to sue? This one gives you that right Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ - Oct. 8, 2006 ...Tort reform — changing personal injury law to reduce or cap financial awards in liability and malpractice cases — has caught on as a cause celebre in mainly Republican circles, especially in election years... Frustrated, idealistic doctor must shutter practice Concord Monitor, NH - Oct. 7, 2006 ..."The payment for what we do as family physicians, as important as that is, has not kept up with the expenses in our office, whether it's nurses, malpractice insurance or keeping the lights on." ... Editorial: Medical crisis isn't over Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Oct. 7, 2006 ...Many people believe, incorrectly, that when Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a medical malpractice reform bill and lawsuit caps into law in August 2005, that was a magic pill that healed all ills... Fla. litigators' frustrations rise over delays in complex cases Law.com - Oct. 6, 2006 Divisions already have emerged on a new task force appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to study the most effective ways for Florida courts to handle complex civil litigation including mass torts, class actions, product liability and medical malpractice... Trial lawyers might seek hike in malpractice awards New Mexico Business Weekly, Albuquerque, NM - Oct. 6, 2006 ...If lawmakers make the change, doctors say they expect to be hit with sharp increases in their malpractice insurance premiums.... Doctors Company to acquire Ohio OHIC med mal insurer Insurance Journal - Oct. 6, 2006 Napa, Calif.-based The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OHIC Insurance Company (OHIC), a leading medical liability carrier in Ohio... Medical malpractice news
Editorial: Initiative 933 won't solve property issue The Olympian, Olympia, WA - Oct. 6, 2006 In early 2005, the governor and state Legislature failed to reach a compromise on medical malpractice reforms. The result: Competing initiatives appeared on last fall’s general election ballot... Two docs don't make a right The Harvard Crimson, Cambridge, MA - Oct. 6, 2006 A high percentage of medical errors taking place in non-emergency settings—ranging from a physician’s office to a radiology lab—cause serious harm and death to patients... Fla. high court allows waiver of minimum malpractice award Insurance Journal (Associated Press) - Oct. 5, 2006 ..."We cannot allow trial lawyers to circumvent the will of the people,'' Hutton said. Lawyers said doctors should focus on reducing malpractice as a way to keep from having to pay claims... I-Team: Nowhere to turn TMJ4, Milwaukee, WI - Oct. 5, 2006 ...The I-Team uncovers a little-known state law which some say makes doctors untouchable. The law: adult children can't sue for malpractice... Medical malpractice news
Insurance firm may owe $217 million Birmingham News, AL - Oct. 5, 2006 Birmingham-based medical malpractice insurer ProAssurance Corp. may be on the line to pay $217 million in damages in a case involving a Florida doctors group... Opinion - Howard Troxler: The bottom line: There should be no dotted line St. Petersburg Times, FL - Oct. 5, 2006 ...The voters had agreed that in medical malpractice cases, legal fees should be no more than 30 percent of the first $250,000 received, and no more than 10 percent above that... Possible doctor shortage by 2020 BYU NewsNet, Provo, UT - Oct. 5, 2006 ..."The federal government has been trying to pass medical liability reforms that would put a cap on the amount of money that can be awarded for pain and suffering," he said. "You would think that $250,000 would pay for any pain and suffering people endure... AARP head vows drug cost fight Palm Beach Post, FL - Oct. 5, 2006 ...Favored a non-judicial review of medical malpractice cases so patients can get a quicker handling of their cases... Federal agency says urine-alcohol test isn't totally reliable Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA (Wall Street Journal) - Oct. 5, 2006 ...As a recovering addict himself, Dr. Skipper understood that malpractice insurers and state licensing boards desire documentation of abstinence.... Doctors face shrinking fees, rising insurance costs The Business Ledger, Naperville, IL - Oct. 5, 2006 ...And the average tab for malpractice insurance is currently in the neighborhood of $140,000... Medical malpractice news
Jury awards nearly $217 million to man misdiagnosed at ER First Coast News, FL (Associated Press) - Oct. 4, 2005 ..."We're coming after them next," vowed Yerrid, who was part of a team of lawyers that brought Florida's landmark suit against tobacco companies and has won numerous other multimillion dollar verdicts. "For all those people who believe in tort reform, they better find a new day job," Yerrid said. "We're here to stay." Tort reform not keeping enough doctors here The Courier News, Chicago, IL - Oct. 4, 2006 ...In August 2005, the state capped noneconomic damages that could be awarded at $500,000 in malpractice cases against doctors and at $1 million in cases against hospitals... Editorial: Sickly system Lebanon Daily News, Lebanon, PA - Oct. 4, 2006 ...Ask a dozen experts why medical costs are so high and getting higher, you’ll get a dozen different answers – from what they call “administrative costs” (insurance-company profits) to the increasing cost of drugs and technology to costly malpractice suits... Medical malpractice news
Chain of mistakes behind most serious doctor errors FOXNews.com (WebMD) - Oct. 3, 2006 ...Gandhi and colleagues looked at the medical and legal records for 181 malpractice claims for a missed diagnosis settled against primary care doctors. The harm was serious in 59 percent of the cases; 30 percent of the cases resulted in death... Doctors' basic errors hurt patients, study finds WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, PA (Associated Press) - Oct. 3, 2006 ...Researchers in the study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, reviewed 307 closed medical malpractice claims, 181 of which allegedly involved diagnostic errors that ended up harming patients... Physicians Insurance responds to Washington OIC consent order Insurance Journal - Oct. 3, 2006 ...Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined the state's largest medical malpractice insurer $450,000 for multiple violations of insurance laws and regulations that the company has since corrected under an agreement... State fines insurance company over code-complianced issues The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA - Oct. 3, 2006 ...At the same time, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler conditionally suspended all but $50,000 of the fine, saying Physicians Insurance has corrected its errors... Medical malpractice insurer fined by state Puget Sound Business Journal, Seattle, WA - Oct. 3, 2006 ..."I'm convinced that CEO Mary-Lou Misrahy and her management team have found and fixed the problems that have beset this company in the recent past," Kreidler said in the statement. Neurosurgeons not found at some sites The Courier News, Chicago, IL - Oct. 3, 2006 ...This situation was made worse by skyrocketing malpractice insurance rates. The rates doubled between 2001 and 2004... Wrong-site surgery Washington Post, D.C. - Oct. 3, 2006 ...Using four separate databases including the federal National Practitioner Data Bank, a repository of malpractice payments and disciplinary actions, physicians Samuel C. Seiden and Paul Barach estimate that wrong-site surgery occurs between 1,300 and 2,700 times a year in the United States... Medical malpractice news
Policies driving neurosurgeons out The Courier News, Chicago, IL - Oct. 2, 2006 ...A major concern is malpractice insurance rates paid by neurosurgeons in Illinois. Cascino said that for $1 million of coverage, he's paying $230,000 a year in premiums... Opinion - Stewart L. Weinstein, MD: Outside View: Tort caps: Verdict's in United Press International - Oct. 2, 2006 ...Advocates of medical liability reform -- of which I'm one -- said that the cause of the crisis was an epidemic of meritless lawsuits and jackpot-sized judgments... Doctors' plea for malpractice cap dies in court The News-Press, Fort Myers, FL - Oct. 2, 2006 ...The high court ruling late last week finalizes an earlier decision that lets patients waive a constitutional limit on legal fees in medical malpractice cases that voters approved two years ago... Bon voyage, and get well! The Boston Globe, MA - Oct. 2, 2006 ...If you're the litigious type, though, don't go abroad for care. Filing a malpractice suit in a country halfway around the world could be a nightmare... Medicus Insurance offering malpractice coverage for Texas physicians Insurance Journal - Oct. 2, 2006 ...Medicus' launch comes shortly after the three-year anniversary of the passage of Proposition 12 by Texas voters, which created a constitutional amendment addressing important tort reforms... Tort reform still splits doctors, lawyers Houston Business Journal, TX - Oct. 2, 2006 ...Three years after passage of medical tort reform by the Texas Legislature, proponents and opponents continue to make many of the same arguments for and against the landmark bill... Opinion - Paul Scheeler: Bringing balance, fairness and common sense to our civil justice system St. Clair Record, IL - Oct. 1, 2006 ...so they can better understand and interpret cases that involve complex scientific theories often presented in medical malpractice, product liability or intellectual property suits... Congress gets incomplete ahead of vote Washington Post, D.C. (Associated Press) - Sept. 30, 2006 ...None of the major overhauls Bush announced in his 2005 State of the Union address succeeded _ Social Security, medical malpractice... |
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