Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Preventable Medical Errors Increase in Indiana
Nov 2 2015 // New data released from the Indiana State Department of Health shows that the state has set another record for medical errors. There were 114 preventable adverse medical incidents in hospitals and health care facilities in...
N.J. Neurologist Charged With Illegally Using Runner to Recruit Patients
Oct 27 2015 // A New Jersey neurologist has been charged with allegedly paying a “runner” to bring him patients and then falsifying the treatment provided to the patients on claims to the insurance company, New Jersey Acting...
Indiana Sets New Record for Preventable Medical Errors
Oct 26 2015 // New data released from the Indiana State Department of Health shows that the state has set another record for medical errors. The state agency said there were 114 preventable adverse medical incidents in hospitals and...
NORCAL Expands Medical Professional Liability Coverage to Arizona
Oct 21 2015 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company is now offering medical professional liability insurance to physicians and health care professionals in Arizona. This is the twelfth state to come under the parent company’s umbrella...
Minnesota Jury Awards Mechanic $9.1M in Medical Malpractice Suit
Oct 19 2015 // A Minnesota jury has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic who sued his anesthesiologists after suffering spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery. Joseph Lakoskey’s attorney argued that an...
ProPublica, NPR: Inside Corporate America’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp
Oct 14 2015 // This article was published by ProPublica and NPR and is reprinted with permission. Standing before a giant map in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by...
IronHealth Launches Hospital, Health System Liability Policy
Oct 14 2015 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced its “LeadingEdge” policy for hospitals and integrated health care systems. IronHealth has developed the policy in response to the...
Mississippi Doctor Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Prescription Pill Ring
Oct 8 2015 // A Waveland, Miss., doctor accused of running a prescription pill mill has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance outside the scope of a medical practice. The Sun Herald reports...
Parrot Bite? In-Law Woes? Whatever the Health Claim, There’s an Insurance Code
Oct 6 2015 // There are 70,000 ways to get sick, hurt or mortally injured, and the U.S. is making them official. Last Thursday, U.S. hospitals, doctors and other care providers had to start using internationally developed standards...
N.J. Court: Doctors Don’t Have to Disclose They Lack Malpractice Insurance
Oct 2 2015 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that doctors don’t have to tell patients whether they have malpractice insurance for surgeries they’re recommending. The Record reports the unanimous ruling made Tuesday...
Medical Professional Insurer Market Prepped for Consolidation: Fitch
Sep 29 2015 // The medical professional liability insurance market continued its years-long decline in 2014 in terms of net written premium volume, hammered by forces including worsening accident-year results and a rapidly evolving...
Glatfelter Launches Risk Management Tool for Long Term Care Facilities
Aug 27 2015 // Glatfelter Healthcare Practice, an insurance program serving senior living facilities, home health care and other private homecare agencies, and VorroHealth, a provider of clinical, AR/billing and interoperable technology...
Integro Acquires HealthCare Risk Specialists in Connecticut
Aug 27 2015 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced today that it acquired HealthCare Risk Specialists in West Hartford, Connecticut. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. HealthCare Risk...
Revised Kentucky Accident Victim Solicitation Law Under Fire, Again
Aug 24 2015 // A Kentucky law revision limiting the solicitation of accident victims within 30 days of a crash has gone into effect but is already being challenged in the state by multiple chiropractic groups that say the law is...
$17M Malpractice Award May Test Nebraska Tort Cap
Aug 17 2015 // In a case that could test Nebraska’s strict cap on medical malpractice awards, a federal jury has awarded the family of a 2-year-old girl a whopping $17 million, finding that subpar care at Bellevue Medical Center...
New Hampshire to Wind Down Med Mal JUA
Aug 17 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that following a court order, Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny has been officially named as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint...
Kentucky’s Revised Accident Victim Anti-Solicitation Law Under Fire, Again
Aug 17 2015 // A Kentucky law revision limiting the solicitation of accident victims within 30 days of a crash has gone into effect but is already being challenged in the state by multiple chiropractic groups that say the law is...
Coinsurance: The Property Insurance Version of a 4-Letter Word
Aug 11 2015 // Coinsurance provisions found in property policies exist primarily to assure that the insurance carrier receives adequate premium for the property insured. Without a coinsurance condition, and its applicable penalties,...
Former Texas Surgeon Charged with Assault in Malpractice Cases
Aug 3 2015 // A former Dallas neurosurgeon has been described by state regulators as so derelict during operations that his actions led to the deaths of two patients and left others with disabling injuries in what’s seen as one of...
The Doctors Co. Challenges Florida’s Order to Decrease Med Mal Rates
Aug 3 2015 // An order by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Co. (TDC) to decrease its rates by 15 percent is being contested by the California-based company. A hearing has been set...
