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Pennsylvania lawmakers sprint to pass bills before break The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA (Associated Press) - Jun 30, 2008 ...Doctors want the resumption of a state program that helped many of them pay their medical malpractice insurance premiums. The five-year, $1 billion subsidy -- paid for mostly by a 25 cent per-pack tax on cigarettes -- lapsed earlier this year... Report focuses on illness prevention The Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 30, 2008 ...He blamed the trend on two causes: A high local rate of malpractice suits that prompt doctors to order the scans just to be safe and a high number of doctors and centers that have their own imaging equipment... Task force became task farce Times Union, Albany, NY - Jun 30, 2008 ...Insiders say hospital representatives pushed for legal changes that would have benefited them to the detriment of patients hurt by bad doctors, while lawyers wanted the state to lift some of the caps on their cut of malpractice awards... Opinion - Dwight K. Bartlett: Treat cause, not symptoms Times Union, Albany, NY - Jun 29, 2008 ...Open-ended medical malpractice tort liability leads providers to practice defensive medicine excessively, ordering tests and procedures to eliminate the possibility of being sued. Capping awards for noneconomic damage such as pain and suffering would help... Unusual legislative session ends with relief Newsday, NY - Jun 29, 2008 ...passage of new rules requiring the state to disclose the names of doctors unanimously charged with misconduct and to review malpractice payouts to watch for troubling patterns... Where the money isn't The Baltimore Sun, MD - Jun 29, 2008 ...Private insurers reimburse at lower rates in Maryland than elsewhere, and the cost of living and overhead here are high, as are malpractice premiums. It's all adding up to a crisis... Opinion - Gov. Chris Gregoire: Major strides have been made in economy, education, health care The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA - Jun 29, 2008 ...In 2005, I negotiated a compromise between the medical and legal communities on malpractice reform, which led to the largest rider of medical malpractice coverage for doctors and surgeons to call for a 12-plus percent decrease in premiums in 2008... Opinion - Tristan Olson: Tort reform the cure for what ails us Chillicothe Gazette, OH - Jun 29, 2008 ...One of the biggest reasons health-care costs have careened out of control is the ever increasing amount of damages awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. As levels of compensations increase, so too does the amount doctors across the country pay in medical malpractice insurance... Opinion - Alex A. Alson, Jr.: Court is ignoring juries The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS - Jun 29, 2008 ...If you are a victim of personal injury, malpractice or corporate fraud, you have almost no chance of having a jury verdict in your favor affirmed by the state Supreme Court... Opinion - Dr. Janelle A. Rhyne: More about doctors, including malpractice The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC - Jun 29, 2008 ...Patients have made it clear to the board they consider malpractice data relevant, even when the board concludes care was not substandard. No one who has had a bad experience with a physician wants to learn, after the fact, that that physician had a history of malpractice payments... Opinion - Louise-Ann McNutt: Little urgency for STD bill's approval Times Union, Albany, NY - Jun 28, 2008 How could a bill affecting the scope of physician practice, access to medical records and medical malpractice quietly pass through the state Legislature? Add it to the Senate agenda on the last day... Regulators approval acquisition of malpractice insurer Los Angeles Business Journal, CA - Jun 27, 2008 The California Department of Insurance has approved the acquisition of Los Angeles-based medical malpractice insurance provider SCPIE Holdings Inc. by a Northern California competitor... Medical malpractice news
Group: Walk in their shoes Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - Jun 27, 2008 ...Senate Bill 1137 includes the Pennsylvania Access to Basic Care (ABC) program, which would provide state-sponsored insurance to nearly 273,000 adults within five years. The bill also would help doctors pay for medical-malpractice coverage and offer grants to make insurance more affordable to small businesses... Editorial: Decrease costs to increase care Napa Valley Register, Napa, CA - Jun 27, 2008 ...Open-ended medical malpractice tort liability leads providers to practice defensive medicine excessively, ordering tests and procedures to eliminate the possibility of being sued. Capping awards for non-economic damage such as pain and suffering would help... New York doctors seek malpractice moratorium The New York Sun, NY - Jun 27, 2008 ...The rates, set each year by the state's Insurance Department, are expected to go up by as much as 9% on July 1, physicians and insurance industry sources said. By law, the agency could also impose an additional 8% levy on doctors to supplement the reserves of the malpractice insurance carriers, which might otherwise be exhausted in the near future... Medical malpractice news
Doctors to get less malpractice protection in court azcentral.com, Phoenix, AZ - Jun 26, 2008 A 3-year-old law designed to give doctors some protection against malpractice suits is unconstitutional, the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The judges voided a statute that imposed restrictions on who can testify as an expert witness against a doctor being sued... Legislative Roundup: Bill allows doctors at VA to keep insurance The News Journal, Wilmington, DE - Jun 26, 2008 ...The legislation bars insurance companies from canceling "tail coverage" for doctors who leave retirement to work at the VA. When doctors lose their tail coverage, they become liable for any lawsuit that might arise from their past private practice... Opinion - Walter Heath: We need single-payer healthcare New Times, San Luis Opispo, CA - Jun 26, 2008 ...Health care providers in single-payer countries pay much lower malpractice insurance prem... Tennessee ranked best for business in tort liability study Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN - Jun 26, 2008 ...The favorable record for liability suits is helping to reduce premiums for most medical malpractice insurance plans this year, although the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry is still pushing for caps on punitive damage awards... Medical malpractice news
OHSU approves 'bare-bones' 2009 budget The Oregonian, Portland, OR - Jun 25, 2008 ...Leaders at Oregon Health & Science University have unveiled a "bare-bones" financial plan they hope will eliminate chronic financial problems and stanch an immediate crisis caused by the loss of state protection from major malpractice awards... Editorial: Finally, a big Albany day Newsday, NY - Jun 25, 2008 ...Officials would also be required to routinely review medical malpractice payouts to determine if a doctor should be investigated. If those reforms had been in place in 2007, it would have speeded the probe of ... Opinion - F. Michael Minich, MD: Doctors, Patients will benefit from new limits on medical liability suits The Tennessean, Nashville, TN - Jun 25, 2008 ...Under the new law, before a trial attorney can file a malpractice lawsuit, a qualified medical expert must conclude there is a good reason to pursue the claim, and then the lawyer must provide 60 days' notice to a medical provider that the lawsuit will be filed... Opinion - Elizabeth Kanof, MD: Posting the right information about doctors The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC - Jun 25, 2008 ...Unfortunately, the language in the board's current proposal, which would require posting of all malpractice settlements, as well as all final hospital actions, is bound to result in misleading the public rather than serving its interest... Study: 'Early offer' has its advantages in injury cases The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK - Jun 25, 2008 ...O’Connell has helped craft no-fault auto insurance laws and took part in a similar study regarding the effect of early offers in medical malpractice cases... Online healthcare marketplace started United Press International - Jun 24, 2008 ..."For physicians, practicing online care promises simplified, quicker reimbursement, no operational overhead and the coverage of a comprehensive malpractice insurance policy introduced by a leading carrier specifically for the Online Healthcare Marketplace," American Well said. Opinion - Dr. Delia Chiaramonte: What being sued does to a doctor Examiner.com - Jun 24, 2008 Tonight I went to an educational session offered by my malpractice insurer -- an annual workshop designed to teach physicians to protect ourselves against medical malpractice suits.... Medical malpractice news
Lingle's veto list includes 52 bills Honolulu Advertiser, HI - Jun 24, 2008 ...Lawmakers passed the bill after rejecting medical-malpractice liability reform, which the Hawaii Medical Association, the Lingle administration and many Republicans argue would have encouraged more doctors to practice in rural and underserved areas... Brownfields changes get OK Daily Gazette, Schenectady, NY (Associated Press) - Jun 24, 2008 ...The bill will allow the Office of Professional Medical Conduct to review more information about the doctors they investigate, including malpractice claims, criminal sentences and drug or alcohol abuse... Patient safety bill reveals names of probed doctors Newsday, NY - Jun 24, 2008 ...Although the legislation will still leave New York among a handful of states that do not conduct their physician disciplinary hearings in public, the commissioner said "this is not the time ... to address that issue."... Doctor discipline measure draws mixed reaction Newsday, NY - Jun 24, 2008 ...Under the governor's plan, physicians would not be able to practice while an investigation is under way... Opinion - Dwight K. Bartlett: Decrease costs to increase care Baltimore Sun, MD - Jun 24, 2008 ...Open-ended medical malpractice tort liability leads providers to practice defensive medicine excessively, ordering tests and procedures to eliminate the possibility of being sued. Capping awards for non-economic damage such as pain and suffering would help... Interview: Attorney sees health-care sore spots healing in Florida Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jun 24, 2008 ...A lot of carriers were dropping physicians, leaving the state. In recent months, I hear of more carriers coming back in and now writing policies. Our [liability] limits have dropped... Opinion - Ed Murnane: Doctors in Chicago: The more the better The Record, Edwardsville, IL - Jun 22, 2008 ...The recently enacted (2005) and much-needed law to establish reasonable limits on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases is awaiting a ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court and doctors are nervous because of the history of Illinois courts on medical liability... Medical malpractice news
Health care in the Berkshires: Where are we? Diagnosis: a problem Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA - Jun 23, 2008 ...The doctors say the process puts a strain on their practices. Saddled with overhead expenses for support staff, malpractice insurance and the routine costs that come with running an office, they must generate enough income to keep the business running... Bibb case at center of Georgia Supreme Court argument The Telegraph, Macon, GA - Jun 23, 2008 ...A Bibb County medical malpractice case is at the center of oral arguments scheduled to be heard today in Atlanta by the Georgia Supreme Court. The case revolves around a central question: whether patients' privacy rights supersede Georgia's laws regarding how attorneys gather information to prepare for civil cases... Doctors retiring earlier Macomb Daily, MI - Jun 23, 2008 ...Between the declining income of patients, increased costs of staff, high medical malpractice insurance rates and more exposure to lawsuits, Fox said physicians are inclined to quit sooner... Health-care fault line in rural counties Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jun 22, 2008 ..."We run on a pretty tight margin," said Ron Butler, chief executive officer of Laurel Health System. "Our malpractice-insurance carrier went out of business, and our rates went up by $1 million. It's precarious."... Flood-mitigation bill faces hurdles The Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 22, 2008 ...He also questioned the definition used for insurance policies, which he said was broad enough to include medical malpractice... Opinion - Jonathan D. Glater: To the trenches: The tort war is raging on Gadsden Times, Gadsden, AL - Jun 22, 2008 ...But it is still too early to declare an end to the so-called tort wars, a decades-old conflict over the rules governing civil lawsuits. Corporate interests have won several potent victories, but trial lawyers continue to try to undo legislation restricting litigation and are pursuing new strategies of their own... 'Sorry' started here: VA began error disclosure Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY - Jun 22, 2008 ...The idea of a hospital "doing the right thing" by voluntarily admitting devastating medical errors might sound like insanity in today's litigious medical landscape. But hospitals that have tried the idea say it actually saves money by heading off expensive malpractice lawsuits and fostering rapid settlements of claims... Opinion - Richard Meehan: Medical mishaps, lawsuits sad fact of health care Norwich Bulletin, CT - Jun 22, 2008 ...The costs associated with investigating and pursuing a malpractice case can be staggering. In fact, most lawyers don’t feel competent to handle these claims, often referring them to attorneys who specialize in this work.... Opinion - Clifford Rieders: Disclosing harmful medical errors Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA - Jun 21, 2008 ...These doctors also determine that very few negligent events lead to malpractice claims. While the rate in Pennsylvania is one-half of 1 percent, the national average is approximately 3.2 percent... Physicians want state to limit their online profiles Charlotte Business Journal, NC - Jun 21, 2008 ...A statewide physicians group is battling a plan by N.C. regulators to include information about malpractice settlements as part of doctor profiles to be published on the N.C. Medical Board's Web site... Doctor discipline bill may hinge on malpractice changes Newsday, NY - Jun 20, 2008 ...Defying Paterson on a bill he proposed, state Republican lawmakers said they want to address not only disciplinary matters but also rising malpractice insurance premiums that have driven doctors out of business... Medical malpractice news
Complaint about doctor languishes in state bureaucracy Newsday, NY - Jun 20, 2008 ...Require that the Office of Professional Medical Conduct regularly review malpractice claims and payouts to see if a doctor should be investigated... Virtual checkup South Florida Business Journal, Deerfield Beach, FL - Jun 20, 2008 ...All of that convenience isn't free. Physicians must pick up part of the company's medical malpractice insurance premium, but the company provides its software at no cost... Opinion - Herb Denenburg: Five reforms needed to fix America The Bulletin, Philadelphia, PA - Jun 20, 2008 ...Tort reform: This would eliminate excessive costs now generated by the present medical malpractice system... Editorial: Study confirms need for medical liability damage caps Advance, King of Prussia, PA - Jun 20, 2008 ...According to the report, the loss of Wisconsin's cap is expected to result in a 12-15 percent premium increase for medical liability insurance, and a doubling of premiums paid to the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (IPFCF)... Medical malpractice news
Seton Hill to add training program for osteopaths Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Jun 19, 2008 ...The high cost of malpractice insurance in Pennsylvania and higher salaries in other areas make it difficult for providers such as Excela to attract physicians... Brandon clinic offers free, dignified health care St. Petersburg Times, FL - Jun 19, 2008 ...Because Florida law recently changed to grant "sovereign immunity" to volunteer health care providers serving patients who meet the same income requirements as the Brandon clinic's, Parks hopes that malpractice fears will no longer be an excuse... Doctors discover ways to keep practices healthy The Tennessean, Nashville, TN - Jun 19, 2008 ...Meanwhile, Hamada said the practice faced skyrocketing costs, including $65,000 a year in malpractice insurance premiums. "When you add all that up, you start thinking it's very difficult these days to make a living," he said... Opinion - Andrew Smith: Study: Electronic medical records improve care but docs don't want to spend the money The Dallas Morning News, TX - Jun 19, 2008 ...how does any insurer underwrite a medical malpractice policy without demanding a doctor take every reasonable step (including electronic records) to avoid errors and thus lawsuits?... Michigan a battleground for tort reformers and attorneys Legal Newsline, Chicago, IL - Jun 18, 2008 ...Three significant rounds of legal reform occurred in the state's Legislature, the report says. The first came in 1986, when laws focusing on venue reform, joint and several liability and medical malpractice were passed... Opinion - Deane Waldman: Morphine for your headache? The Huffington Post, NY - Jun 18, 2008 ...We are mistaking symptoms for causes and treating them with Patient's Bill of Rights; HIPAA; caps on malpractice awards; repeated reductions in healthcare reimbursements... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - Lawrence J. McQuillan and Carlos Muhletaler: Florida offers case study in worthy legal reform The Tampa Tribune, FL - Jun 18, 2008 ...Florida also capped non-economic damages in medical-malpractice cases... Opinion - David Gratzer and Paul Howard: Mandates are not the answer City Journal, NY - Jun 18, 2008 ...Combined with medical malpractice reform and repeal of state regulations limiting the availability of inexpensive retail-care clinics, these reforms would help lower prices and give consumers greater access to basic and preventive care... State court overturns AZ law on expert witnesses Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ (Associated Press) - Jun 17, 2008 ...At issue is a law that sets qualifications required for expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases... Medical malpractice news
New York's disciplinary action against doctors questioned Newsday, NY - Jun 17, 2008 ...Paterson's bill would encourage more local probes by allowing the Office of Professional Medical Conduct to use malpractice histories to initiate cases. It also would make public the names of doctors charged with wrongdoing and make it easier to go after doctors who refuse to turn over records for probes... Essay - Sandeep Juahar, MD: Eyes bloodshot, doctors vent their discontent New York Times, NY - Jun 17, 2008 ...Malpractice worries also remain at the forefront of many physicians’ minds, compounded by increasing liability premiums that have forced many into early retirement... Court balks at giving lawyers list to Web site The Newton Kansan, KS - Jun 17, 2008 ...The company, which started its Web site a year ago, says it has gotten lists of lawyers from 30 states. Illinois, however, has balked... American Physicians Services Group among Fortune's fastest-growing small public companies Austin Business Journal, TX - Jun 16, 2008 ...one of 12 Texas companies to make the list. The insurance and financial services firm provides medical malpractice insurance and investment services through its subsidiaries... Medical malpractice news
Health care is summer's sizzler The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Jun 16, 2008 ...The Democratic plan also relies for its funding on a mix of federal money, tobacco settlement revenue and the surplus of state-run medical malpractice insurance fund for doctors known as "MCare."... Board to post doctors' malpractice history Reno Gazette-Journal, NV (Associated Press) - Jun 16, 2008 ...The board plans to add to that a searchable database of all doctors named in malpractice cases that ended in a settlement, award or judgment... Opinion - Dr. Robert W. Yelverton: Arbitration helps medical care The Tampa Tribune, FL - Jun 16, 2008 ...The high cost of medical malpractice awards has been the driving factor in the cost of professional liability insurance. This is especially true for physicians practicing in high-risk specialties such as obstetrics... For the most part, Legislature treated business well Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - Jun 16, 2008 ...There was a modest step toward tort reform impacting medical malpractice cases, but advocates of putting caps on damages awarded in lawsuits were frustrated once again... Opinion - Troy J. Cook: Health care: Guarantee access, but preserve free market The Des Moines Register, IA - Jun 15, 2008 ...Enact comprehensive medical malpractice reform that limits non-economic damage awards, allocates damages in proportion to degree of fault and places reasonable limits on punitive damages and attorney fees... Editorial: Medicare battle must go on The Voice of the Times, Anchorage, AK - Jun 15, 2008 ...Because of Alaska's high-cost medical system, and the high cost of practicing medicine here, especially malpractice insurance, doctors and patients are put in a bind by the rates mandated under the Medicare law... Shortfall in primary care physicians likely to get worse The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO - Jun 15, 2008 ...Bjork said a new doctor can tack on $150,000 a year in medical malpractice insurance and about that much a year in other costs associated with a practice: office space, professional organizations and staff members... Medical malpractice news
Health-insurance plan awaits legislative action Central Penn Business Journal, Harrisburg, PA - Jun 13, 2008 ...ABC also would help doctors pay for medical-malpractice coverage and would offer grants to make insurance more affordable to small businesses that already cover their employees... Rulings favor business, study says The Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL - Jun 13, 2008 ...Medical malpractice -- Justices ruled the statute of limitations - the deadline by which damages must be claimed - do not apply to claims from a doctor's misdiagnosis of a patient... Editorial: Lawsuit reform works for Missouri St. Joseph News-Press, MO - Jun 13, 2008 ...An award for non-economic damages in a medical liability case is limited to $350,000, regardless of the number of defendants. All economic damages are covered... Opinion - David Kelsey: Adverse reactions The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC - Jun 13, 2008 ...The vast majority of medical malpractice lawsuits are either dropped along the way or, if they do go to court, are won by the defendant physician... Opinion - Health Care: Go Canadian BusinessWeek, Jun 12, 2008 ...3. Medical malpractice awards must be limited and set the same way drug and treatment costs are, rather than battled out in court one by one... Opinion - William M. Sage, MD, JD: The jury's still out: A critical look at malpractice reform Center for American Progress, DC - Jun 12, 2008 ...America's medical malpractice system is one part Rip van Winkle and one part Anna Nicole Smith. It's Rip van Winkle because malpractice policy usually lies dormant for a decade or more until it hears the clamor of a liability insurance crisis. Editorial: Our opinion: Petulance doesn't become you, Governor Courier-Express, Dubois, PA - Jun 12, 2008 ...This is the guy, remember, who strong-armed the health care insurance industry into paying to reduce doctors' malpractice insurance costs ... with the barest hint of regulatory and investigatory nastiness... Medical malpractice news
CAMC's insurer files federal suit over $25 million verdict The West Virginia Record, Charleston, WV - Jun 12, 2008 ...sought damages for defamation, invasion of privacy, compensatory and punitive damages, tortious interference with contractual relations and bad faith when CAMC revoked his privileges as a result of his malpractice insurance lapsing... Texas Medical Board holds town-hall meetings The Brownsville Herald, TX - Jun 11, 2008 ...For one, the number of doctors in Texas is on the rise, which leads to a correlating complaint increase. Also, because the Legislature has imposed caps on medical-malpractice damages in Texas, more patients and family members are filing grievances with the board rather than filing lawsuits... Medical malpractice news
GOP pushes its own health care plan The Morning Call, Allentown, PA (Associated Press) - Jun 11, 2008 ...Both sources raise $225 million a year for a state subsidy that currently helps doctors buy medical malpractice insurance, but only $125 million a year is needed to support the subsidy, Erickson said. GOP senators propose network for uninsured The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jun 11, 2008 ...A major difference between the Democrats' and Republicans' plans is that Republicans would rely much less heavily on the state's Mcare fund that helps pay doctors' medical malpractice costs... Connecticut Supreme Court: 'High-Low' agreements must be revealed Insurance Journal, CA - Jun 10, 2008 ...The agreement acknowledged that Wenkert's liability insurer was in liquidation, and that a Pennsylvania court had barred it from paying any claims... Opinion - Arthur Levin, MPH: The Medical Consumer: Governor Paterson proposes two important health bills The Independent, Hillsdale, NY - Jun 10, 2008 ...First, malpractice payments made by a doctor would be continually reviewed to determine whether further investigation and action is required by OPMC. While a malpractice payment does not automatically equate with professional misconduct, high numbers of lawsuits appear to be a red flag... Medical malpractice news
Medical group forms company that offers malpractice insurance The Greenville News, SC - Jun 9, 2008 ...most physicians have their malpractice insurance through South Carolina Joint Underwriters Association, which was formed about 25 years ago to make sure doctors could get malpractice insurance, he said. The new company is also a hedge against JUA instability... Medical malpractice news
Hinchey calls for House committee hearings on military medical malpractice Mid-Hudson News Network, NY - Jun 9, 2008 ...Hinchey’s bill would reverse a U.S. Supreme Court ruling dating back to 1950 which said military members and their families have no right or ability to sue the military for negligent medical care given to them during their service. Opinion - Lawrence J. McQuillan: California lawmakers must help economy with tort reform The Mercury News, San Jose, CA - Jun 9, 2008 ...Tort reform would also improve California's health care system. One out of eight physicians gets hit with a malpractice suit every year... Fighting the competition Altoona Mirror, PA - Jun 8, 2008 ...She doesn’t buy that letting CON expire in Pennsylvania caused the “explosive” growth of the freestanding centers, anyway. That growth instead resulted from a “confluence of factors,” including pressure on doctors to maintain income levels as malpractice premiums rose... Health care No. 1 on minds of Faulkner County residents Log Cabin Democrat, Conway, AR - Jun 8, 2008 ...In its report, the United Way suggested as potential causes: "The rise in litigation for medical malpractice awards that raise the cost of providing health care services" and ... Editorial: Malpractice victims out of luck in Virginia The Roanoke Times, VA - Jun 8, 2008 ...The state Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the cap more than once. Perhaps this case and others like it will help illustrate the fundamental unfairness of an arbitrary cap so low that it at times cannot even cover actual expenses of the victims of malpractice... Opinion - Jean Antonucci: Patients, doctors must start health-care reform The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME - Jun 8, 2008 ...This will need malpractice reform but it must be done. Our professional societies need to take this on.... Doctors Co. cutting state's malpractice insurance rates by 13% Business First of Columbus, OH - Jun 6, 2008 ...Malpractice rates in Ohio within the past few years have begun to stabilize after climbing as much as 20 percent in 2004. Officials have said a number of factors have played into the trend, but jury award limits have had a significant effect on claims and, in turn, rates... Medical malpractice news
Supreme Court weighs release of settlements Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA - Jun 6, 2008 The Supreme Court of Virginia is expected to decide this fall whether damages paid by two drug companies in Fredericksburg malpractice cases will be made public... Opinion - Karen Woodmansee: The state of medical care can make you sick Nevada Appeal, Carson City, NV - Jun 6, 2008 ...Others have said it is because Nevada doctors pay higher malpractice premiums than elsewhere in the country and tort reform will solve the problem... Opinion - Larry Hobbs, M.D.: Is there a doctor in the house? Olando Sentinel, FL - Jun 6, 2008 ...The court will soon be asked to determine the constitutionality of the 2003 medical-malpractice reforms and the cap on noneconomic damages in medical-liability lawsuits... Opinion - Quinn Hillyer: Tort reform is good medicine Examiner.com, Denver, CO - Jun 6, 2008 ...Good things happen when states reform their legal systems to end abuses that lead to “jackpot justice,” including expanding the availability of health care, cutting health care costs, improving health in at-risk communities and increasing job creation, among other benefits... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - Cynthia Jean Goto M.D.: Medical Matters: Health advocates must unite to fix system Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - Jun 5, 2008 Many people perceive medical liability reform as a battle between physicians and lawyers. However, the root concern of physicians is that access to medical care in Hawaii is plummeting... Medical malpractice news
New legislation would keep veterans needing surgery closer to home Sussex Countian, Georgetown, DE - Jun 4, 2008 ...“There are a number of retired surgeons that have offered to do work at the VA hospital, but there is a clause in the medical malpractice insurance contracts of retired doctors that causes them to lose their coverage for past acts of medical malpractice if they come out of retirement to work... Medical malpractice news
Reviews mixed on doc's Web ratings World-Herald, Omaha, NE - Jun 3, 2008 ...His site enables patients to assess doctors on such measures as volume of procedures, articles published in medical journals and malpractice proceedings... X-Rays, sunshine: Could radiation be hurting your health? CNN - Jun 3, 2008 ...There is no doubt that CTs can be incredibly useful, but some experts believe that doctors may order full-body CTs to protect themselves from possible malpractice suits following emergencies, on the off chance that they'll miss something. Always ask whether a CT scan is absolutely necessary... Editorial: Patients deserve access to physicians' history News-Record, Greensboro, NC - Jun 3, 2008 ...revealing on the Medical Board Web site that a malpractice suit was "settled" makes it appear that the physician admits he or she made a mistake. That's the unfair aspect of the Medical Board's proposal... Medical malpractice news
Budget battle in Pa. may be rerun The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jun 1, 2008 ...Pileggi disputed the contention that the Senate is doing nothing on health care or energy, pointing to legislation it passed on renewable energy and funding for medical liability insurance. "Those bills have been sitting in the House without action," he said... Group wants better trauma care The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jun 1, 2008 ...Freese is the county's first full-time neurosurgeon since Brandywine Hospital shuttered its trauma center in 2002, largely because of high malpractice costs... More oversight sought for cosmetic surgery San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Jun 1, 2008 ...The California Medical Association would oppose Canadian-style restrictions, according to its president, Dr. Richard Frankenstein. Physicians must be vetted by an independent medical staff and malpractice insurers before they can pick up a scalpel in California, Frankenstein said in a statement... Editorial: New 'hello' in health care The Tampa Tribune, FL - Jun 1, 2008 ...Binding arbitration - not health precautions and explanations - is the new "hello" in health care. It's a physician's answer to the threat of litigation and the high cost of malpractice insurance... Med-mal rates may go down, but doctors want bigger drop Pittsburgh Business Times, PA - May 31, 2008 ...Earlier this month, the Joint Underwriting Association, a nonprofit Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based agency, asked the state to reduce overall medical malpractice premiums by 4.4 percent. The Insurance Department has 60 days to review the filing... Editorial: Weekly Wrap: Mending malpractice, bashing budgets The Fayetteville Observer, NC - May 31, 2008 ...The board will hold a public hearing next month on a proposal to post medical malpractice information in its Web site. The board wants to publicly display malpractice judgments going back seven years... Editorial: Darts & Laurels Times-News, Hendersonville, NC - May 31, 2008 ...Laurel — To the North Carolina Medical Board, for proposing to post doctors' malpractice information on its Web site... Opinion - Lionel Waxman: There is a way to stop lawyers from trolling for plaintiffs Inside Tucson Business, AZ - May 30, 2008 ...Medical liability insurers, of which there are 30 competing for the business, are slashing premiums as much as 35 percent. Some examples of tort reform that are accomplishing this worthy goal in Texas include a cap on noneconomic damages of $250,000... |
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