Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Piccola Unveils New Legislation During Pa. Physicians Rally
May 7 2003 // Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey Piccola (R-15) unveiled new legislation Tuesday to several thousand members of the Politically Active Physicians Association (PAPA) during a rally held on the steps of the State Capitol....
Penna. League of Women Voters Convention Will Feature Medical Malpractice Discussion Panel
May 6 2003 // The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania announced that its 45th Biennial Convention, to be held May 30-June 1 at the Lantern Lodge Conference Center in Myerstown, PA, will feature a balanced panel discussion on Medical...
MEDICAL LIABILITY CRISIS NOT A HIT WITH AMERICA’S PASTIME
May 5 2003 // The escalating health care crisis that has reportedly been jeopardizing patient access to quality medical care across the country is beginning to claim victims in other areas of American life as well, starting with...
Tort Reform Advocates Strike While Iron is Hot
May 5 2003 // Only weeks ago it seemed that a series of well-publicized doctor walkouts across the nation had led not only to political pressure to enact malpractice award caps in crisis states but action at the national level as well....
Tort Reform Advocates Strike While Iron is Hot
May 5 2003 // Only weeks ago it seemed that a series of well-publicized doctor walkouts across the nation had led not only to political pressure to enact malpractice award caps in crisis states but action at the national level as well....
Piccola Addresses Pa. Physicians as They Start Statewide Protests
Apr 29 2003 // Senate Majority Whip Jeffrey Piccola (R-15) emphasized Monday the need for enacting caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases to members of the Politically Active Physicians Association (PAPA) at rallies in...
P.A.P.A to Lead Malpractice Protest Starting April 28th
Apr 22 2003 // Pennsylvania’s Politically Active Physicians Association (P.A.P.A.) announced that a statewide protest aimed at reforming medical liability insurance laws will begin on April 28. The bulletin said the organization...
Privacy Regulations Under HIPAA Raise Concerns for P/C Insurers
Apr 15 2003 // While privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) do not apply directly to property/casualty insurers, the industry is expecting a significant impact due to health care...
Staff of Florida Medical Clinic Charged With PIP Fraud
Apr 10 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that a former Miami clinic owner and two of his medical staff were charged with fraudulently billing four insurance companies for treatments never...
Medical Liability Crisis Not a Hit with America’s Pastime
Apr 10 2003 // The escalating health care crisis that has reportedly been jeopardizing patient access to quality medical care across the country is beginning to claim victims in other areas of American life as well, starting with...
NAII Strongly Opposes Proposed Medical Liability Rate Rollback in Fla.
Mar 28 2003 // The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee took a 180-degree turn from the direction of the House and approved legislation that would roll back rates back by 60 percent. The National Association of Independent...
Med Mal Fever: When Doctors Walk Out, Politicians Notice
Mar 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
AIA: Industry Investment Losses Not Driving Med Mal Premiums
Mar 19 2003 // Rising claims costs, not stock market losses, are the real culprit behind increasing medical malpractice premiums for Illinois physicians, a policy analyst for the American Insurance Association (AIA) told legislators at a...
Study Finds Doctors, Patients Suffer From Med Mal Issues
Mar 14 2003 // High medical malpractice rates were topic of a recent press conference held by the Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (TAOG), at which the organization released the results of a survey of patients and...
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Supports Cap on Non-Economic Med Mal Awards
Mar 12 2003 // The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has voiced its support for a bill introduced by Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-PA) that would limit pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice cases to $250,000. The Chamber has...
Perry Stresses Texas’ Need for Med Mal Reform
Mar 10 2003 // Emphasizing the urgency of medical malpractice reform in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry pushed forward his appeal for decisive legislative action to stop the medical lawsuit abuse crisis facing Texans. At a news conference at...
Insurance Still on the Table at the 78th Texas Legislature
Mar 10 2003 // As promised, the 78th Texas Legislature is on a roll with insurance reform, with one bill having been signed into law and many more in committees or on their way to the House and Senate floors. Among the proposed...
National Survey Shows More Than Half of Adult Americans Support Med-Mal Reform
Mar 7 2003 // Recent results of a Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive® Health-Care Poll showed that more than half (58 percent) of adults in America favor new legislation to limit the costs of medical liability and reduce the...
Coalition Urges Fla. Lawmakers to Act on Gov.’s Call for Med. Liability Reforms
Mar 7 2003 // Florida lawmakers must act on Governor Jeb Bush’s call for medical liability system reforms—including a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages—in order to end a crisis that is driving up healthcare costs and...
Rep. McReynolds Reports on Texas Med Mal Reform
Mar 3 2003 // In State Representative Jim McReynolds’ latest “Capitol Report,” the legislator discussed three solutions to the problems of Texas medical malpractice system, the reform of which was declared one of the...
