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Changes to laws have helped state's businesses Charleston Daily Mail, WV - Aug. 31, 2007 ...Reforms in the state's medical malpractice laws have yielded a big improvement in the state's business climate but it's not yet known whether those reforms will withstand judicial review... N.Y. names task force to study rising medical malpractice costs Insurance Journal, CA - Aug. 31, 2007 ...The task force includes organizations representing consumers, the business community, doctors and other health professionals, hospitals, health plans, medical malpractice insurers and lawyers. It also includes members of the state Legislature... Opinion - Jerome Lerner: Why it is good to 'fess up' to patients Chicago Tribune, IL - Aug. 31, 2007 ...Rush University Medical Center has engaged in a program by which it not only acknowledges errors but attempts to fairly compensate patients who may have been injured as a result of those medical errors... Editorial: Medicare and health-care errors Washington Times, DC - Aug. 31, 2007 ...These new rules will help in the future, but the money that Medicare has paid to correct past mistakes -- payments amounting to billions of dollars -- should be refunded... Medical malpractice news
A financial ouch for hospitals The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Aug. 30, 2007 ...Medicare issued rules this month that will end payments for extra care resulting from certain medical mistakes starting Oct. 1, 2008.... New law could be costly for Illinois doctors The Southern, Carbondale, IL - Aug. 30, 2007 ...Depending on who you ask, the measure might have no effect because of existing caps on the amount of damages that can be awarded. Others say the legislation could have doctors heading out of state to avoid hefty malpractice awards and the inflated insurance premiums they beget... Cosmetic procedures are now being added to regular medical practices SaukValley.com, Sterling, IL - Aug. 30, 2007 ...Reimbursement rates from insurance companies are dropping, malpractice insurance and administrative costs are rising, and physicians say practices must evolve to stay in business... Fletcher health plan mixes new, expanded efforts The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY - Aug. 30, 2007 ...the agenda is missing an element that Fletcher has pushed hard for in past years -- a limitation on jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits... Supreme Court's fall term to begin The State Journal, Charleston, WV - Aug. 30, 2007 ...the Supreme Court is not going to consider whether the cap itself is appropriate. It answered that question already in a 2000 opinion. But the justices will use the case of Riggs v. West Virginia University Hospitals to determine the scope of the non-economic damage cap in terms of what kind of care it involves... City report shows downward trends in claims filed and settlement costs -- with some exceptions Brooklyn Eagle, NY - Aug. 30, 2007 ...The number of medical malpractice cases filed against the city last year was the lowest number the past 10 years. There were 699 cases filed in FY 2006, compared to 824 cases the year before... Boro bucks decrease in malpractice claims Times Ledger, Bayside, NY - Aug. 30, 2007 ...The overall number of new medical malpractice claims was 699, the lowest number in the past 10 years, the report said. But new claims were up at both Queens public hospitals and payouts for past claims rose dramatically... Medical malpractice news
Remedy sought for MD crisis Times Union, Albany, NY - Aug. 29, 2007 ...All the while, they're expected to pay back hefty medical school loans and cover the steep cost of malpractice insurance. The inducements to bolt are many and proving harder to resist... A bitter pill for family doctor Times Union, Albany, NY - Aug. 29, 2007 ..."The financial pressures of medical malpractice premiums, increased cost for staff and benefits, poor reimbursement for medical services from your insurance company and Medicare, have forced my hand to retire."... Hospital offers rare mea culpa after death Omaha World-Herald, NE - Aug. 29, 2007 ...Dallon, the law professor, said the video may reflect the frustration some doctors and hospitals have with defense attorneys who typically advise not to acknowledge any mistakes. The "I'm sorry" laws in Nebraska and more than 25 other states are another sign, he said... Lawyers target insurance rates The Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, CO - Aug. 29, 2007 ...Rate-setting by insurance companies is difficult to monitor because companies don’t have to reveal their methods, said Natalie A. Brown, vice president of the organization and a lawyer who handles medical-malpractice cases... Medical Justice targets online defamation of docs The Business Journal, Greensboro, NC - Aug. 29, 2007 Medical Justice Services, a company that helps doctors deter and fight medical malpractice claims, has launched a program aimed a protecting against "online defamation."... Medical malpractice news
Bankrupt hospital says $600,000 is improvement The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA (Associated Press) - Aug. 28, 2007 ...The hospital filed for bankruptcy in September 2006 after finishing that fiscal year with a $3.9 million loss. Of that, $2.25 million went for a malpractice claim in a case from the mid 1990s... Demand for prenatal care for poor strains localities Washington Post, DC - Aug. 28, 2007 ...The Loudoun and Prince William community health centers plan to apply for a federal grant that would cover their malpractice insurance costs for prenatal care. But Dever said that competition for the grants is high... Clinics receive $600,000 'Poorest Counties' grant Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX - Aug. 27, 2007 ...In their new status, the clinics will receive better Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement (perhaps even triple that of other providers), could be covered by a federal malpractice insurance and could be eligible to purchase discounted prescriptions... Medical malpractice news
Malpractice carrier to cut cost Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - Aug. 27, 2007 A leading Pennsylvania malpractice insurance carrier says it plans to lower its rates by an average of 11 percent next year... Okla. physicians liability insurer overcomes $143M deficit Insurance Journal, CA - Aug. 27, 2007 ...PLICO, the state's largest medical liability insurer, was placed under supervision by the Oklahoma Department of Insurance in 2004... Physicians offered incentives to practice in New Orleans Lousiana Medical News, Lafayette, LA - Aug. 27. 2007 ...The corps offers each physician:...As much as $40,000 for a sign-on bonus or medical liability insurance premium payments... Editorial: How can we not do this? Bennington Banner, Bennington, VT - Aug. 27, 2007 ...Filling the physician positions in rural Vermont is a challenge in part, not only because doctors are paid more in urban areas, but because young physicians coming out of medical school are often heavily in debt and face high malpractice insurance premiums... Living Well: 'Pushed' cries out for childbirth options Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA - Aug. 27, 2007 ...Block was quick to point out that Seattle and Portland are two American cities highly regarded for childbirth choices, citing the Seattle Midwifery School in particular. She said the only natural birthing center in Manhattan just closed its doors because of malpractice insurance issues... Medical malpractice news
City takes its lumps New York Post, NY - Aug. 24, 2007 New York City shelled out $496.4 million for claims against it in fiscal year 2006, with the bulk of the cash going to resolve malpractice cases at municipal hospitals... New York's medical malpractice bill rises New York Sun, NY - Aug. 24, 2007 ...The volume of malpractice cases and the cost of settlements in New York are among the highest in the country... Boro's bad medicine costs $147M NY Daily News, NY - Aug. 24, 2007 Brooklyn hospitals led the city in malpractice payouts last year, with Kings County Hospital paying a whopping $33.6 million in claims, according to a report issued yesterday... Doctors move past secrecy Monterey Herald, CA - Aug. 24, 2007 ...Advocates say acknowledging medical errors can advance healing by defusing patients' anger and easing physicians' guilt, especially when accompanied by an apology. Some also contend the practice can cut back on malpractice lawsuits and payouts, though with the movement in its infancy it's too soon to know for sure... Boca Raton case could test changes in medical malpractice law South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL - Aug. 24, 2007 ...the case could climb through the appellate courts and potentially determine the constitutionality of medical malpractice caps passed in 2003... Opinion - Elizabeth Hovde: A sorry state for sincere apologies The Columbian, Vancouver, WA - Aug. 23, 2007 ...Recognizing the need for better relationships between physicians and patients, while cognizant of the medical malpractice muddle in our state, legislators have passed state laws that include hard-won apology provisions... Medical malpractice news
Panelists debate tort reform The State Journal, Charleston, WV - Aug. 23, 2007 Civil justice reform has had an effect on West Virginia's insurance climate, but according to lawyers involved in a panel discussion, the benefits may or may not have outweighed the costs... Editorial: More than image, reality matters The State Journal, Charleston, WV - Aug. 23, 2007 ...Think back a few years: When faced with a crisis regarding medical malpractice insurance for physicians, state leaders took steps to correct what many believed to be wrong... Editorial: Medicare crackdown The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY - Aug. 23, 2007 ...This is an illogical payment system that actually has subsidized malpractice. Far better to hold hospital staffs responsible for the quality of the treatment they provide, rather than paying them for significant mistakes... Opinion - Kenneth Brummel-Smith, MD: We can't affort to not have national health care Tallahassee Democrat, FL - Aug. 23, 2007 ...Two governmental agencies, the General Accounting Office and the Congressional Budget Office, have estimated that the cost savings in having a universally insured population would pay for the uninsured. Malpractice costs would decrease because one never need sue for future medical costs... Patient advocate urges medical board to be cautious letting new doctors into Texas Austin American-Statesman, TX - Aug. 23, 2007 ...Since the Texas Legislature changed malpractice laws in 2003 and reduced damage awards, many Texans have complained that they can't find lawyers who will take their cases... Mass. wants to cap damages on rail The Telegraph, Nashua, NH - Aug. 23, 2007 ...Jared Green, a Manchester trial lawyer said the Supreme Court decided in 1980 that damage caps for injuries due to medical malpractice were unconstitutional. "We believe that would apply to rail service as well, and any cap would be unconstitutional," Green said... Officials work to resolve inter-facility transfer concerns Ellsworth County Independent/Reporter, Ellsworth, KS - Aug. 23, 2007 ..."You do it right 99 out of 100 times, but that one time you don't do it right, you are going to get sued, Shelly. That means we have got to have some legal person tell us what we need to do in those situations, because it is going to happen."... Medical malpractice news
New policy may be costly Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, KS - Aug. 22, 2007 A change in Medicare policy to no longer pay for hospital infections and medical errors has one Kansas health consumer group worried that the costs will be passed on to patients... County OKs sale of mental hospital The Modesto Bee, CA - Aug. 22, 2007 ...The national hospital chain was the subject of criminal investigations into insurance fraud, kickbacks and malpractice in its mental hospitals in California and Texas... N.C. Medical Society suit withdrawn Charlotte Observer, NC - Aug. 22, 2007 ...The law also gives the board new authority to publish doctors' malpractice payments and felony records. Group drops its lawsuit against medical board after law passed Winston-Salem Journal, NC (Associated Press) - Aug. 22, 2007 ...It also authorizes the board to make public information about a physician’s malpractice settlements, among other changes... Professional liability insurance for anesthesiologists: Yearly survey of premiums Abkazia Institute for Social and Economic Research, CA - Aug. 22, 2007 The ASA Committee on Professional Liability has again conducted a survey of medical liability insurance companies to assess trends in liability insurance for anesthesiologists. Thirty-five medical liability insurers throughout the United States participated in the 2007 survey... Malpractice award in teen's death may top $23 million Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Aug. 21, 2007 ...The parents of a teenage girl who died in 1998 are close to collecting a medical malpractice award that now stands at more than $23 million - the largest in state history... Medical malpractice news
Patient increase, limited medical school slots make seeing doctor tougher to do The News Journal, Wilmington, DE - Aug. 21, 2007 ...Malpractice premiums and inadequate insurance reimbursements are deterring some who once considered a career in medicine... Opinion - Edward R. Sobel: Let doctors focus on medicine The News Journal, Wilmington, DE - Aug. 21, 2007 ...Like any other business, we have to pay rising salaries to staff, taxes, telephone and electric bills, rent, janitorial services, etc., while facing super-inflationary medical costs such as malpractice and supplies... Editorial: A malpractice commission New York Sun, NY - Aug. 21, 2007 ...Naming the trial lawyers to a task force on medical malpractice is like naming Michael Vick to a task force on animal welfare. Medical malpractice news
Medical errors Los Angeles Times, CA - Aug. 20, 2007 ...Doctors say they need additional training on how to disclose errors and counseling to deal with the aftermath of serious errors, but many fear that such counseling might not be kept confidential or that their malpractice insurance costs would rise... Medical malpractice insurer bids to win back old friends Business First of Columbus, OH - Aug. 20, 2007 ...Ohio's largest homegrown medical malpractice insurer wants to cap a four-year turnaround by wooing back some of the hospitals and clinics it lost as customers after pulling out of a key industry rating system three years ago... Column - Karen E. Klein: Want to buy software? Or an entire business? Follow these steps North Star Writers Group, Grand Rapids, MI - Aug. 20, 2007 ...Another thing to consider is that some medical malpractice insurance companies offer discounts to medical groups that buy software from vendors whose systems are considered so well-designed they will reduce your liability... At your job: Obstetrician/gynecologist Asbury Park Press, Neptune, NJ - Aug. 20. 2007 ...So the cost of running an ob/gyn practice mainly because of malpractice premiums has gone up dramatically, whereas our salaries have leveled off and even dropped... Staffing shortages may signal ER woes The News Journal, Wilmington, DE - Aug. 20, 2007 ...For Dr. Todd Taylor, it was the insurance-malpractice issue that prompted him recently to end a 20-year career as a full-time emergency room surgeon ... Opinion - Mark Crane: Give health courts a fair shake The American, D.C. - Aug. 20, 2007 ...which are no less complicated but still left in the hands of lay jurors with little knowledge of medicine. Trials often amount to a game of roulette... Is there a doctor in the house? Worcester Business Journal, MA - Aug. 20, 2007 ...Echoing the study's findings, Moen said the combination of increasing malpractice suits, high cost of living and low reimbursement rates make it expensive for doctors to practice in Massachusetts... Arbitrate, not litigate: A growing and popular alternative to lawsuits American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Aug. 19, 2007 ...Insurance industry and legal experts say physicians' use of binding arbitration agreements is becoming a popular alternative to the costly court system, particularly in states where tort reform efforts have not been successful... Doctors try new word: Sorry Chicago Tribune, IL - Aug. 19, 2007 ...Doctors were too proud, too afraid of malpractice lawsuits, too worried about losing face... Opinion - Judd Gregg: Healthy Americans Act is a blueprint for reform Seacoast Online, Portsmouth, NH - Aug. 19, 2007 ...Furthermore, the plan provides health-care cost-containment measures, such as lowering administrative costs and focusing on chronic care management, health information technology and medical malpractice reform as tools to control costs... Is this hell? No, it's Madison County St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Aug. 19, 2007 ...The county had a rap as a venue where trial lawyers -- mostly in personal injury, asbestos, class action and medical malpractice law -- got a huge home field advantage... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - Emily Breidbart: Med student struggles to preserve her idealism CNN.com - Aug. 17, 2007 ...We are taught about malpractice from Day 1. I remember countless times in the anatomy lab when we were digging for arteries and nerves, our teachers saying, "Now if you cut this in real life, you would be sued,"... Md. Court says expert's violation of tort reform law grounds for dismissal Legal Newsline.com, Chicago, IL -- Aug. 16, 2007 In a recent medical malpractice decision, Maryland's highest court said expert witnesses need to submit proper documentation or the plaintiff's claim becomes invalid... Medical malpractice news
Munroe Regional faces obstacles The Ocala Star-Banner, FL - Aug. 16, 2007 ...The hospital also is trying a new approach of sovereign immunity in malpractice lawsuits, Purves said. Because the hospital is governed by a hospital district established by the state Legislature, and is overseen by the Board of County Commissioners, the hospital operates as a public entity, Purves said... Longer waits add to stress of breast exams The Record, Hackensack, NJ - Aug. 16, 2007 ..."These centers have traditionally been more likely to have radiologists reading mammograms who were not appropriately trained or who just do not have the experience in reading them. The malpractice rates are reflective of this sad fact."... Circuit court judge first to use e-filing C&G Newspapers, Warren, MI - Aug. 16, 2007 ...About 300 current and new cases -- involving negligence, medical malpractice, personal injury, labor relations, forfeiture and contract disputes -- will be affected by the mandatory program, allowing those documents to be both filed and served on opposing parties electronically... Medical malpractice news
The Help Exchange (volunteer opportunities) My Nassau Sun, Fernandina Beach, FL - Aug. 15, 2007 ...Volunteer staff are covered for malpractice under the clinic's arrangement with the state... Opinion - Jeff Watkins: Insurance companies hinder our health The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, GA - Aug. 15, 2007 ...What Perdue proposes is to take $50 million of taxpayer money, have it matched by small companies like mine, matched again by the employees themselves and give it all to the insurance companies... Opinion - Arthur Levine, MPH: The Medical Consumer: State regulates doctor-office surgery The Independent, Hillsdale, NY - Aug. 15, 2007 ...You can double check out the surgeon's hospital affiliations, as well as her or his education, training, discipline and malpractice history at by logging onto... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - Russ Eshleman: Making history routinely in Harrisburg Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - Aug. 14, 2007 ...In the past quarter century, the "historic" stamp has been affixed to measures limiting medical malpractice lawsuits, creating charter schools, curbing teacher strikes, decreasing auto insurance rates, choosing judges... Medical malpractice news
Malpractice foes agree on N.C. bill Charlotte Business Journal, NC - Aug. 13, 2007 ...The Voluntary Arbitration of Negligent Health Care Claims Act -- which will take effect Jan. 1 following Easley's approval -- caps monetary damages in medical malpractice cases at $1 million when both sides agree to settle a claim through binding arbitration... City hospitals chief describes 'activist agenda' The New York Sun, NY - Aug. 13, 2007 ...A fundamental difference between us and many other hospitals is that the city is essentially self-funded for malpractice costs, so we don't actually pay premiums to cover our physicians or to cover the hospital's liability and potential malpractice cases... Medical students train on patient who feels no pain Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA - Aug. 12, 2007 ...Malpractice insurance companies are taking note: One company in Cambridge, Mass., lowered malpractice insurance premiums by 6 percent for all anesthesiology residents whose training included interaction with simulators... To err is human -- even for surgeons The Providence Journal, RI - Aug. 12, 2007 ...A study of malpractice claims in the journal Archives of Surgery last year estimated that wrong-site surgery occurs once in every 113,000 surgeries, about 10 times less often than surgeons leave foreign objects inside the body... Opinion - Marylou Buyse: Prescription for rising health care costs Milford Daily News, MA - Aug. 12, 2007 ...Fixing the medical malpractice system by eliminating frivolous claims and fairly allocating damages would reign in a significant cost driver that does nothing to improve the quality of care... Opinion - Paul V. Dutton: France's model healthcare system The Boston Globe, MA - Aug. 11, 2007 ...Practice liability is greatly diminished by a tort-averse legal system, and medical schools, although extremely competitive to enter, are tuition-free... Editorial: Lawmakers should have gone further to improve medicine Corvallis Gazette-Times, OR - Aug. 11, 2007 ...The state might go so far as to provide immunity from malpractice suits to doctors who administer a certain percentage of care to the indigent, especially children... Medical malpractice news
Rendell pushes health, energy The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Aug. 10, 2007 ...Anderson also said the governor should address malpractice reform as a way of improving the state's health care system. Doctors, he said, are leaving the state because of the high cost of malpractice insurance... Amended state legislation driving doctors out of the area The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL - Aug. 10, 2007 ..."We had reform to try to calm down the frivolous (medical malpractice) lawsuits that were occurring. What this does is reopen the floodgates," Bost said... Medical rates for insurance to stay level The Republican, Springfield, MA - Aug. 10, 2007 With malpractice claims down and awards not rising significantly, the Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co. has announced that for the first time since 1996 it will not raise medical liability insurance rates this year... Board votes to privatize medical malpractice plan WLBT 3, Jackson, MI - Aug. 10, 2007 ...Once the private company takes over, all insurance rates will stay the same for three years. And all 200 or so doctors insured by M-MAP will remain under the new companies plan... New med schools need cash The Tampa Tribune, FL - Aug. 10, 2007 ..Many think Florida's high malpractice premiums, which add to staggering student-loan debt, help drive many residents to other states, where they stay to practice medicine... Medical malpractice news
Editorial: Malpractice crisis has faded, but we're not out of the woods Bowie Blade-News, MD - Aug. 9, 2007 ...Now, just three years later, the medical malpractice crisis has gone into remission, although the symptoms still need to be closely monitored... Doctor malpractice insurance gets new player Chicago Tribune, IL - Aug. 9, 2007 Competition in the state's medical malpractice insurance market has intensified, with a Texas company the latest to launch professional medical liability coverage for Illinois physicians... Watching the insurance companies The Hudson Reporter, NJ - Aug. 9, 2007 ...He said incentives could be offered to young doctors, such as having the state pay premiums on malpractice insurance... Editorial: Budgeting for health care Appleton Post-Crescent, WI - Aug. 8, 2007 ...Taking $175 million out of the state's patient compensation fund is a bad idea. The fund was created to provide a pool of money to pay high-cost medical malpractice claims... Medical malpractice news
DMC's peer review of doctor challenged in court Detroit News, MI - Aug. 8, 2007 ...The Detroit case is one of several around the country in which hospital "peer reviews" of doctors have come under fire. Among the issues is whether a 1986 law to protect patients -- the federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act -- instead helps hospitals get rid of doctors who criticize patient care... Barrow pushes federal protection for health centers Savannah Morning News, GA - Aug. 8, 2007 ...The new status also would allow the center to be covered by a federal rule that would protect it from lawsuits, allowing it to drop malpractice insurance coverage that costs $40,000 a year... Medical malpractice news
Need a hand surgeon? You may have to wait in Palm Beach County South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL - Aug. 7, 2007 ..Though details are still being worked out, stipends and malpractice insurance are part of the plan, said Dwight Chenette, district chief executive officer... Editorial: Our view: Creativity is part of the cure The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO - Aug. 7, 2007 ...One way some clinics attract physicians is by assuring their protection from liability suits. If a patient were to sue for malpractice, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the physician would immediately become a federal employee for all intents and purposes... Opinion - Dr. Phil Levique: V.A. hospitals resurrection: Fifty years late! Salem-News.com, OR - Aug. 7, 2007 ...It is almost criminal and if these doctors were in private practice they'd either be starving or in jail for malpractice... Medical malpractice news
Malpractice work shrinks after law tightens standards Houston Chronicle, TX - Aug. 6, 2007 ...Since the 2003 law added requirements that made medical malpractice cases harder and more expensive to prove and less lucrative if won, the numbers of such suits filed in Harris County courts has been cut in half... At 30, hospital hits growth spurt St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Aug. 6, 2007 ...Page said the added office space and the other enhancements should help the hospital recruit additional physicians. He said that it lost several doctors over several years because of the area's high malpractice insurance rates but that the trend has been reversed... Insurer to cut malpractice premiums; capacity still issue Philadelphia Business Journal, PA - Aug. 6, 2007 ...reforms included eliminating "venue shopping" by requiring malpractice suits to be filed in the county where the alleged incident occurred, mandating that claims are filed within seven years from the date of injury, and requiring hospitals to report medical errors to the state Patient Safety Authority and state Department of Health in an effort to identify preventable trends... Opinion - Kevin Pho: Cut Medicare payments for doctors, you'll have fewer doctors Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Aug. 6, 2007 ...Physicians are responsible for expenses like rent, payroll, employee health insurance and malpractice insurance. These costs are expected to increase 20 percent in the next nine years... Medical errors significant source of stress for doctors American Medical News, IL - Aug. 5, 2007 ...Some doctors said finding time for counseling would be difficult. Others feared that getting counseling would impact their medical liability rates... Monte Sereno doctor accused of faking patients' need for surgery San Jose Mercury News, CA - Aug. 5, 2007 ..."That kind of blatant paternalism might have been common in this country in the 1940s and 1950s, but it's inappropriate and something that won't be countenanced today," Magnus said. "You can't knowingly, intentionally lie to patients to get them to do what you want."... Medical malpractice news
Aging doctors could lead to shortage The Colorado Springs Business Journal, CO - Aug. 3, 2007 ...The politics of health care is a larger problem for practicing physicians, she said. Cuts in reimbursement levels and high malpractice insurance premiums are leading doctors to retire early or leave the field... Premiums skyrocket in 'broken' malpractice system The New York Sun, NY - Aug. 3, 2007 ...Hospital executives said the recent hike in doctors' insurance rates, the biggest since 1993, would be tough to swallow... Rx for Mohawk Valley: We need more physicians The Observer-Dispatch, Utica, NY - Aug. 2, 2007 ...The decline parallels a general decline in population in Upstate New York, and mirrors the area's economic travails. "If 200 surgeons graduate in a particular specialty, they have the same choices in California, Phoenix … look at the weather, put on top of that taxes, malpractice (insurance costs)"... Editorial: Malpractice crisis has faded, but we're not out of the woods The Capital, Annapolis, MD - Aug. 2, 2007 ...But although the number of malpractice lawsuits has dropped, the size of the judgments has not. Between 2000 and 2002, Medical Mutual paid out an average of $250,000 per claim. That jumped to $399,000 last year and this year, according to reports... Supreme Court deciding how malpractice cap works The Vicksburg Post, VA - Aug. 2, 2007 ...Other states with caps have dealt with the issue and have split on whether there is one cap per case or one cap per plaintiff... Medical malpractice news
Doctors increasingly asking patients for fees South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL - Aug. 2, 2007 ...They blame shrinking payments from HMOs and federal cuts or freezes to Medicare fees at a time when medical malpractice insurance, employee benefits and other costs have jumped... Videos from King malpractice cases surface on YouTube The Charleston Gazette, WV (Associated Press) - Aug. 2, 2007 ...The three-minute video on the popular video-sharing site YouTube features outtakes from the pretrial testimony, or depositions, of six people suing Dr. John A. King... Opinion - Alan Sager and Debbie Socolar: High and rising costs undermine the new Mass. health care law WBUR Radio, Boston, MA - Aug. 2, 2007 ...We propose these main provisions. Ending doctors’ fear of malpractice suits, separate new mechanisms would weed out dangerous doctors and compensate injured patients... Medical malpractice news
Summit to develop economic report card Charleston Daily Mail, WV- Aug. 1, 2007 ..."West Virginia: Four Years After Medical Malpractice Reform," with Jane Cline, state insurance commissioner; Joseph Letnaunchyn, president of the West Virginia Hospital Association; and Evan Jenkins, executive director of the West Virginia State Medical Association... |
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