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Opinion - Stewart Anmuth: Senate right for not passing ABC proposal The Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA - Nov 27, 2008 ...Funding streams cited by ABC advocates are uncertain at best. These include federal matching funds, increase in tobacco taxes, tobacco settlement, use of the Blues’ surpluses, and money that is supposed to help doctors with medical malpractice insurance costs... Study says electronic medical records lessen chances of malpractice claims The Industry Standard, San Francisco, CA - Nov 26, 2008 ...In a study done by Harvard researchers, 6.1% of physicians with electronic records had malpractice settlements, compared to 10.8% without electronic records.... Opinion - John C. Goodman: Five steps to malpractice reform National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, TX - Nov 26, 2008 ...The following discussion shows how most malpractice issues could be resolved better in the marketplace. Step 1: Reform the tort system... Medical malpractice news
California announces 20.5 percent malpractice insurance rate cut for The Doctors Co. Insurance Journal, CA - Nov 26, 2008 ...concerns were expressed that this transaction would reduce competition in the medical malpractice insurance market in California and therefore lead to higher prices," said Commissioner Poizner. "Thankfully, that has shown to not be the case... Hospital would leave OB patients in the lurch Crains New York Business, NY - Nov 25, 2008 ...LICH’s medical staff is hoping to save maternity and pediatric services by removing the hospital from Continuum’s control. In a memorandum sent last week to state health department officials, the doctors outlined a plan to revamp LICH’s malpractice insurance, including having the hospital self-insure... Health: Anesthesia awareness The Telegraph, Alton, IL - Nov 25, 2008 ...The American Society of Anesthesiologists maintains a database of closed malpractice claims against practitioners. Now totaling about 8,000 cases, 2 to 4 percent involve anesthesia awareness ... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - John Paul Kirwin III: Doctors in Pennsylvania: 'Let me outta here!" Wall Street Journal, NY - Nov 24, 2008 ...Experienced doctors have been leaving Pennsylvania or retiring early or refusing to practice medicine, which has high liability premiums attached to it... Study shows jury awards climbing in medical liability cases American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Nov 23, 2008 ...The study also showed that average damages in medical liability trials more than doubled from 1992 to 2005, while average awards for all civil cases declined 40%... Medical malpractice news
Jury awards $20.5M The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Nov 23, 2008 ...Judge Terrence Nealon said the award was the largest he has presided over in a medical malpractice case in his 10 years on the bench... Editorial: Here we go again Madison County Record, Edwardsville, IL - Nov 23, 2008 ..The legislature keeps passing, and our governors keep signing into law, "pain and suffering" jury verdict caps in medical malpractice lawsuits. Yet the trial bar of this state keeps convincing their brethren in robes to overturn it; to negate the will of the people, under the guise of a self-serving spin that a clause in our state constitution disallows caps... Editorial: Costly defense - Medical system a hostage to liability fears Worcester Telegram & Gazette, MA - Nov 23, 2008 A recent survey and report by the Massachusetts Medical Society diagnoses one of the causes of the skyrocketing cost of health care in this state and nationwide: the practice of defensive medicine in an era of stratospheric jury awards in medical liability cases. Reining in this health care cost-driver should be a legislative priority... Medical malpractice news
Why you should be concerned about medical malpractice Erie Times-News, PA - Nov 21, 2008 Rising medical malpractice suits could become a big concern not only for physicians and policy makers, but the general public (i.e., prospective patients) as well... Medical malpractice news
State health care agency gets reprieve until June The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Nov 20, 2008 ...Rendell tied the reauthorization of PHC4 and the extension of a state-subsidized medical malpractice insurance plan for doctors to legislative approval of his insurance proposal... Pa.'s health care watchdog gets good news Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 20, 2008 ...Yesterday, Rendell repeated his pledge not to approve an extension of the abatement program for doctors until his health-insurance plan was passed. Also yesterday, on its last day of work this year, the state House rejected a bill to extend the abatement. Study: Costs of U.S. tort system increases to $252 billion Madison County Record, Edwardville, IL - Nov 19, 2008 ..."The rapid increase in the price of gasoline in 2008, and resulting decrease in miles driven, may lead to a lower increase in personal tort costs than in 2007. In addition, trends in medical malpractice tort costs appear to be remaining benign... Illinois justices consider constitutionality of medical malpractice caps Legal Newsline, Chicago, IL - Nov. 19, 2008 ..If the Illinois Supreme Court decides to strike down limits on medical malpractice awards it could mean fewer doctors practicing in the state, sources told Legal Newsline Tuesday... Medical malpractice law recommended for extension Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT - Nov 19, 2008 ...A medical malpractice arbitration act scheduled to sunset next July ought to remain on the books another 10 years, the Legislature's Heath and Human Interim Committee decided Wednesday... The doctor will see you now -- online The New York Times, NY - Nov 19, 2008 ...A.I.G. has agreed to provide malpractice insurance to doctors providing online care, and the cost is low enough that most of the health plans are paying for it instead of charging the doctors... Rendell extends PHC4 lifespan The Morning Call (Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek Blog), PA - Nov 19, 2008 ... Gov. Ed signed an executive order this afternoon extending the lifespan of a state agency that monitors the quality and cost of healthcare in Pennsylvania. The administration’s new directive will keep the doors at the 40-employee Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council open until June 30, 2009... PA health agency gets new lease on life Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 19, 2008 ...At a 2 pm press conference, Rendell announced that he has signed an executive order allowing the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council to continue operating through June 30. Without the order the independent agency would have closed at the end of this month... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - Anthony J. Sebok: The Obama Administration's likely effect on tort law and the civil justice system generally FindLaw.com - Nov 18, 2008 ...My quick answer is that there will be very few changes, although the tort reform movement will be stopped in its tracks at the federal level. The real question is whether there will be substantial rollbacks of any of the tort reforms that were achieved under the last two Bush Administrations... Medical malpractice news
High court strikes down portion of tort reform law The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK - Nov 18, 2008 The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down another portion of a tort reform law passed in 2003. The state’s highest court found the statute of limitations imposed only on medical negligence lawsuits is an unconstitutional special law... Doctors' fear of lawsuits tied to added costs of $1.4b The Boston Globe, MA - Nov 18, 2008 ...The findings, which roughly mirror the experience reported by doctors in other states, come amid skyrocketing malpractice insurance premiums for doctors nationwide and a heated debate in Massachusetts and across the country about overhauling the malpractice system... Many physicians in Massachusetts are ordering unnecessary and costly tests out of fear of lawsuits The Republican, Springfield, MA - Nov 18, 008 ...The medical society is supporting several reform bills on Beacon Hill, including one requiring 182 days notice before filing a malpractice lawsuit. That would provide time for doctors and patients to negotiate a fair settlement prior to a lawsuit, the society said... Give your doctor a checkup by going online WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, PA - Nov 17, 2008 ...A pending malpractice case doesn't automatically mean a bad physician. Maybe the doctor took a high risk case other refused to treat or the lawsuit may have been filed without merit... Drive on to extend Pa. malpractice insurance program Pittsburgh Business Times, PA - Nov 17, 2008 ...The program, enacted in 2003 in response to escalating malpractice insurance premiums, uses a portion of the state’s cigarette tax to cover all or part of the state-mandated medical malpractice premiums paid by physicians, or by hospitals that employ physicians... Medical malpractice news
Family doctors leaving practices South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL - Nov 17, 2008 ...dropped his Boca Raton family practice several years ago because of the high cost of medical malpractice insurance and office operations, plus flat payments from insurers. A few of his partners left, the group broke up ... Editorial: Good medicine for Illinois Belleville News Democrat, IL - Nov 17, 2008 ...Without the noneconomic damage limits, our health care system might melt down. Before the law was enacted in August 2005, doctors were fleeing Illinois. Jackpot justice had made medical malpractice insurance become ridiculously expensive and in some cases impossible to obtain... Opinion - Kitty Gallagher/Charles Ardo: Point/Counterpoint: Health-care politics in Pennsylvania The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Nov 16, 2008 ...The governor believes that if the commonwealth provides financial help to doctors to help defray the cost of malpractice insurance, it should also take steps to provide health insurance to ordinary Pennsylvanians... Insurance rates for doctors shrinking The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA - Nov 16, 2008 ...Though ProMutual is one of the smaller players in the market, the move is significant. It indicates malpractice insurers throughout the state are following market leaders Medical Protective and PMSLIC in lowering insurance rates for doctors... Experts: Doctor shortage will only get worse Times Record News, Wichita Falls, TX - Nov 15, 2008 ...Although Texas does have some important attractions for new doctors — a growing health care sector and lower malpractice insurance costs — the recruitment competition will be nationwide... Medical malpractice news
Health task force wraps up work The Edmond Sun, Edmond, OK (Associated Press) - Nov 14, 2008 ...Members of the Health Care Reform Task Force also said changes to the state’s civil justice system that would lower medical malpractice insurance costs would help increase the number of physicians in the state and control rising health care costs... Texas will need 40,000 new doctors by 2025 San Antonio Express News, TX - Nov 14, 2008 ...Recruiting doctors to Texas hasn’t been hard in recent years because of the growing health care sector and laws that keep medical malpractice liability insurance premiums low. But Eschbach said there will be more recruiting competition from other states as their physicians age and retire... Medical malpractice law questioned Peoria Journal Star, IL - Nov 14, 2008 ...The three-year-old law passed the General Assembly at a time when supporters said high jury awards were causing doctors to flee from Illinois because of skyrocketing malpractice insurance costs. The law imposes a $500,000 cap on non-economic damage awards against doctors and a $1 million cap on verdicts against hospitals... Supporters ask court to uphold malpractice caps Journal Gazette, Mattoon, IL (Associated Press) - Nov 13, 2008 ...A 2005 law limiting the amount of money juries may award in medical malpractice cases unfairly targets those most seriously injured who deserve the most compensation, lawyers told the Illinois Supreme Court Thursday... Highlights of medical malpractice court arguments Journal Gazette, Mattoon IL (Associated Press) - Nov 13, 2008 ...The Illinois General Assembly in 2005 limited the amount of non-economic damages, such as for pain and suffering, juries could award in medical malpractice cases to $500,000 against doctors and $1 million against hospitals... Medical malpractice news
Medical group polls doctors about setting up free clinic in former Cherry Hills church The State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL - Nov 13, 2008 ...State law allows doctors, dentists and other professionals to volunteer in free clinics without fear of malpractice lawsuits in most cases... Baucus blueprint The Boston Globe, MA -- Nov 13, 2008 ...Cut excess spending by finding waste and abuse, reforming medical malpractice laws, and investing in health information technology... Baucus unveils health-care reform plans Billings Gazette, MT - Nov 12, 2008 ...Cutting costs by detecting waste in public programs; reducing "overpayments" to private insurers that provide Medicare Advantage, which is an insurance product; and some "careful reforms" of medical malpractice laws... Senate Finance chairman calls for legal reforms LegalNewsline, DC - Nov 12, 2008 ...Emory University economics professor Paul Rubin said while significant tort reform needs to be a part of any overhaul of the nation's health care delivery system, he is doubtful that will happen, at least under the Democratic led Congress... Will the Baucus blueprint work? National Journal, DC - Nov 12, 2008 ..The plan also considers careful reforms of medical malpractice laws that could lower administrative costs and health spending throughout the system, while ensuring that injured patients are compensated fairly for their losses... Medical malpractice news
Trend to C-section births worries some doctors San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Nov 12, 2008 ..."Almost any negative outcome of a baby is cause for malpractice, whether or not the doctor has done everything right," Katz said. "If our medical system punishes physicians for not doing a C-section ... then doctors are going to do more C-sections."... Opinion - Donna Cooper: We're trying to help the uninsured and doctors, too Wall Street Journal, NY - Nov 12, 2008 ...The surplus that Dr. Jarrett claims is "being raided" to help pay for the uninsured is actually extra cigarette-tax money that we haven't had to use to pay for malpractice insurance for doctors. We figured that if we've given the doctors $1 billion of state funds so far to reduce their medical malpractice insurance expenses, we can certainly help the uninsured... You could get cash for health insurance Salt Lake Tribune, UT - Nov 12, 2008 ...Change the standard of proof a plaintiff must meet when suing a provider and give malpractice protections if a provider follows the standards of best practices... Medical malpractice news
Rendell says health care proposal should connect with national plan Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Nov 11, 2008 ...Rendell reiterated that he won’t allow the doctors’ Mcare program to be restored without corresponding action to expand health care access to the uninsured. Since the Mcare program expired last April 1, doctors have paid the portion of their monthly malpractice insurance premium that was state-subsidized... Rendell urges Senate to take up health-insurance expansion Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 11, 2008 ...Rendell yesterday also reiterated his pledge not to continue to extend state subsidies to cover medical malpractice insurance for doctors - a $1 billion program that he initiated five years ago - until a health insurance expansion plan is approved... Medical society says Wisconsin needs more doctors Chippewa Herald, WI (Associated Press) - Nov 11, 2008 ...Reinforce the state's favorable malpractice climate, which includes a $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages... Report warns of looming state shortage of physicians Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI - Nov 10, 2008 ...Wisconsin's favorable malpractice climate, including a $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages and the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund that covers awards of more than $1 million, should be maintained... Medical malpractice news
Tennessee: Winds of change expected with GOP control Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN - Nov 10, 2008 ...Loosening restrictions on charter schools, capping medical malpractice awards and stripping the state Constitution of language protecting abortion rights are among conservative causes likely to find new life under Republican control of the General Assembly, lawmakers said... Opinion - Frank J. Trembulak: Malpractice relief The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA - Nov 9, 2008 ...Failure to continue the M-Care abatement will increase malpractice insurance premiums to the level that will threaten patient access to primary care physicians and a wide variety of surgical specialties.... Rising health care costs nation's 'number one long-term challenge' The Public Record, Los Angeles, CA - Nov 9, 2008 ...Prevent insurers from overcharging doctors for their malpractice insurance and invest in proven strategies to reduce preventable medical errors... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - Jerry Slaughter: Too few award dollars go to injured person Wichita Opinion, KS - Nov 7, 2008 ...After many years of debate and careful consideration, our Legislature placed a limit on awards for pain and suffering because excessive verdicts were a significant factor in causing the medical-malpractice crisis that Kansas experienced... Editorial: New court: Justices must work on perceptions The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS - Nov 7, 2008 ...cited statistics from court rulings in a Clarion-Ledger article Sept. 28 that suggested that a victim of personal injury, malpractice or corporate fraud has almost no chance of having a jury verdict affirmed by the current court. Diaz said that the perception is discouraging appeals, reinforcing the numbers... Medical malpractice news
2 more area maternity units to close Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 6, 2008 ...Hospitals say that low reimbursement rates from insurance companies, especially for women on Medicaid, and the high cost of malpractice insurance often make running a maternity unit a money-losing proposition... Mustio wins seat from District 44 by wide margin Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Nov 6, 2008 ...Mr. Mustio, though, also wants damages capped at $500,000 in medical malpractice cases to help reduce medical costs and make insurance more affordable... Industries' prospects under Obama Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 6, 2008 ...Multi-line insurance companies: Obama has proposed preventing insurers from overcharging for malpractice insurance... CMMC renamed Lansdale Hospital; Obstetrics to be phased out North Penn Life, Fort Washington, PA - Nov 5, 2008 ..."It is not sustainable to maintain an obstetrics service delivering such a low volume," he said, referring to Lansdale's low number, due to high costs associated with staffing, infrastructure and medical malpractice insurance... Fewer malpractice suits Arkansas Times, Little Rock, AR - Nov 5, 2008 ...(Equally aware of the medical profession's generally favorable reputation, plaintiffs' lawyers in malpractice cases like to say they're not really suing doctors, they're suing insurance companies. Defense lawyers in malpractice cases, while paid by insurance companies, like to say that they're really defending doctors.)... Medical malpractice news
Opinion - Jeff Raymond: Texas tort reform not so alluring The Edmond Sun, Edmond, OK - Nov 5, 2008 ...If improving access to health care is the goal, tort reform has failed to live up to its promise in the Lone Star State. That’s one distinction we should let Texas keep. OHSU loses $18.3M in Q1 Portland Business Journal, OR - Nov 4, 2008 ...The organization has also suffered financially because of the elimination of a cap on non-economic damages in malpractice cases. Medical malpractice news
Citizens Coalition for Responsible Healthcare supports health reforms The Roanoke Times, VA - Nov 4, 2008 ...Cortese has said a federal health board should be formed so medical errors can be recorded, studied and addressed efficiently without fear of punishment. However, Cortese has not suggested that malpractice cases should be handled similar to workers compensation cases, Jacobs said... Surgery south of the border CBS13 (KOVR-TV), West Sacramento, CA - Nov 3, 2008 ...The biggest difference? Americans cannot sue doctors in Mexico for malpractice. Doctor McMenamin says the ballooning costs of malpractice insurance in the U.S. is one of the main reasons American surgeries are more expensive... Opinion - Jim Copland: West Virginia too heavenly for trial lawyers West Virginia Record, Charleston, WV - Nov 3, 2008 ...The positive effects on the insurance market have been striking: the state's largest medical-malpractice insurer was able to lower or hold steady its rates for each of the last three years... Medical malpractice news
Physician shortage expected to escalate in Western Maryland Cumberland Times-News, MD - Nov 2, 2008 ...Conroy said malpractice insurance liability costs for Maryland doctors has in-creased almost annually. Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, meanwhile, aren’t on par with that expense and other administrative costs... System wears on Drs.' patience Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Nov 2, 2008 ...McCarren, 57, who has practiced for more than two decades, says malpractice insurance has become less expensive since family doctors stopped delivering babies... Pennsylvania health system reform hits snag over coverage American Medical News, IL - Nov 2, 2008 ...Pennsylvania lawmakers ended a two-year session in October without agreeing on a bill to cover more of Pennsylvania's 767,000 uninsured adults or to help physicians with medical liability premiums... Most patients can save at least half by going overseas Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 2, 2008 ...You would have to file suit in the country where you were treated. Malpractice awards abroad are typically much smaller than those in the United States. Opinion - Howard T. Walpole Jr., MD: It's not too late for meaningful health-care discussion The Tennessean, Nashville, TN - Nov 2, 2008 ...Physician groups have an opportunity to proactively address the need for health reform by coordinating patient care, encouraging doctors to practice data-driven, high-quality medicine, and addressing medical liability concerns to increase the overall quality of health care Americans are receiving... Health care providors watch election closely Greater Wilmington Business Journal, NC - Nov 1, 2008 ...Providing affordable health insurance, Medicare reform, medical malpractice liability reform, revamping the state’s Medicaid reimbursement formula and the ongoing shortage of health care specialists are foremost on the agendas of providers... |
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