Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alliance Encouraged by GAO Report on Medical Liability Crisis:
Aug 18 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers believes the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) latest report (03-702) on the medical liability insurance crisis provides further evidence that medical liability premiums have...
ISO Reports Insurers Expected to Pay $4.9B for Q2 Cat Losses:
Aug 18 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers believes the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) latest report (03-702) on the medical liability insurance crisis provides further evidence that medical liability premiums have...
Md. Society Says Steep Med-Mal Rate Hike Will Disrupt Care
Aug 7 2003 // A proposed steep increase in malpractice insurance rates affecting most Maryland physicians quickly will cause some medical practices to limit their ability to provide care, according to MedChi, The Maryland State Medical...
Fla. Doctors Detail Worsening Medical Liability Crisis
Aug 7 2003 // According to the Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida, more than 1,600 doctors from across Florida gave sworn statements to a state Senate panel this week detailing how the worsening medical liability crisis is forcing...
20 States Have Enacted Tort Reforms This Year
Aug 4 2003 // This year has been the busiest for enactment of state civil justice reform legislation since 1995, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). At mid-year, 20 states already have enacted laws; 19 laws were...
N.H., Iowa Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
Aug 4 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
GAO Report Cites Losses as Primary Driver of Medical Liability Costs
Jul 30 2003 // A new report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) concluding that medical liability losses are the primary drivers of insurance rates reportedly corroborates data provided to the GAO last December by the National...
Del. Defeats Ban on Scores; Takes First Step Toward Medical Liability Reform
Jul 28 2003 // In a legislative session reportedly dominated by budget issues, Delaware lawmakers rejected a ban on the use of credit-based insurance scores and took a compromise approach toward medical liability reform. The Legislature...
Fla. RRG Hopes to Address LTC Liability Crisis
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
Florida RRG Hopes to Address LTC Liability Crisis
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
N.J. Father & Son Charged With Fraud
Jul 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Bergen County father and son – the owner and office manager respectively of a Bergen County dental office – have been charged by the Division of...
20 States Have Enacted Tort Reforms This Year
Jul 15 2003 // This year has been the busiest for enactment of state civil justice reform legislation since 1995, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). At mid-year, 20 states already have enacted laws; 19 laws were...
N.H. Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
Jul 10 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
Weiss Ratings Drops a Bomb on the Med-Mal Debate
Jul 7 2003 // Martin D. Weiss, the head of the Florida-based rating service that bears his name, couldn’t have chosen a better way to ramp up the debate over medical malpractice lawsuits, and the increased costs of insurance...
Pa. Med-Mal Fund Gets New Guaranty Protection
Jul 2 2003 // An announcement by the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll gives details of the formation of a new medical malpractice insurer — the Professional Casualty Association, which “has closed on a deal in which it assumed...
Fla. Special Session Expires With Impasse on Medical Liability
Jun 26 2003 // The Florida legislature’s reported inability to agree on a compromise bill dealing with medical liability caused its Special Session B to expire without any action taken on the issue. “Both the House and Senate...
Weiss Ratings Drops a Bomb on the Med-Mal Debate
Jun 23 2003 // Martin D. Weiss, the head of the Florida-based rating service that bears his name, couldn’t have chosen a better way to ramp up the debate over medical malpractice lawsuits, and the increased costs of insurance...
Coalition Keeps Pressure on Florida Lawmakers
Jun 17 2003 // Leaders of the Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida told the state legislature returning to the Capitol for the start of a four-day special session that Governor Jeb Bush’s comprehensive reform package will solve...
Texas Medical Malpractice Reform Legislation Signed Into Law
Jun 13 2003 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law reform legislation designed ease the medical malpractice crisis and ensure that all Texans have access to quality, affordable health care. The measure, House Bill 4, includes a...
AIA Commends Pa. Legislature’s Passage of Non-Economic Cap Amendment
Jun 13 2003 // The American Insurance Association joined other national organizations in commending the members of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives for passing a bill (HB 1326) which would amend the commonwealth’s...
