Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
BP Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Includes Medical Claims Process
Mar 6 2012 // A settlement that BP is hammering out with victims of the massive Gulf oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring health concerns and compensating people whose illnesses are found to have a link to the...
Woods Appointed Chief Medical Officer at Ohio Work Comp Bureau
Mar 5 2012 // Dr. Stephen T. Woods, M.D. has been named medical director at the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC). Woods will be responsible for providing direction in the development of medical policy and oversight for...
Pennsylvania High Court Overturns Malpractice Fund Ruling
Mar 2 2012 // Pennsylvania’s highest court is handing the Corbett administration a major victory in a dispute over a malpractice insurance fund. The state Supreme Court’s Wednesday decision overturned a Commonwealth Court...
Dallas Doctor, 6 Others Arrested in $375M Health Care Fraud Scheme
Mar 1 2012 // A physician and the office manager of his medical practice, along with five owners of home health agencies, were arrested today on charges related to their alleged participation in a nearly $375 million health care fraud...
Former Missouri Insurance Regulator to Lead Health Office
Feb 17 2012 // A former director of Missouri’s insurance department has been named acting director of the Kansas City regional office of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Jay Angoff is taking over the position following...
XL and Hays Affinity Launch Dental Professional Liability Program
Feb 16 2012 // XL Group plc’s Select Professional insurance underwriting unit and Hays Affinity Solutions have teamed up to offer professional liability insurance for dentists nationwide. “This coverage provides dentists with...
Florida Bill Seeks to Curb Medical Malpractice Claims
Feb 15 2012 // The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature is pushing ahead this year with changes meant to curb medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors. This effort is being criticized as an attack on the privacy rights of...
Ground Shifting for Medical Liability Insurers: Moody’s
Feb 6 2012 // Although it comprises just over 2 percent of annual direct premiums for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance business is integral to the U.S. healthcare system,...
Diederich Healthcare Expands Med Mal Coverage to New Jersey
Feb 2 2012 // Diederich Healthcare has expanded its coverage area to include physicians practicing in New Jersey. The expansion offers additional coverage options to physicians in the state through Positive Physicians Insurance Exchange...
Chubb System Helps Expedite Clinical Trials in China and Brazil
Feb 1 2012 // An online system from Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. can now be used to instantly obtain specimen policy language for trials in many countries where ethics committees require the review of insurance contract terms and...
Oregon GOP Pushes Limits on Medical Malpractice Liability
Jan 31 2012 // Republicans in the Oregon Senate say they’ll fight Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposed overhaul of the Oregon Health Plan unless it includes limits on medical malpractice claims, injecting a hot-button issue into...
Penn.-based Glatfelter Appoints President of Healthcare Practice
Jan 27 2012 // Glatfelter Program Managers, a business unit dedicated to Glatfelter Insurance Group’s program business, appointed Bruce Williams as president of the newly formed Glatfelter Healthcare Practice division. Bruce...
The Politics of Florida PIP: Industry Looks on While Pols Seek Answers
Jan 25 2012 // Most agree that Florida’s automobile no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) system needs to be reformed. But in the halls of the state Capitol the struggle over just how to reform the law has exposed how...
N.Y. Program Lets Uninsured Artists Exchange Art for Medical Services
Jan 24 2012 // A new program lets uninsured New York City artists exchange their art for medical services. Tony-Award winning actor Lin-Manuel Miranda and rapper and radio personality Roxanne Shante helped launch the “Lincoln Art...
People
Jan 23 2012 // Healthcare Services Association (HSA), a medical malpractice insurance specialty group headquartered in Missouri, has promoted Joseph B. Moody to president and CEO. Moody will lead HSA and Healthcare Services Group (HSG),...
Ground Shifting for Medical Liability Insurers: Moody’s
Jan 23 2012 // Although it comprises just over 2 percent of annual direct premiums for the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry, the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance business is integral to the U.S. healthcare...
Medical Liability Insurer MMIC Forms Risk Retention Group
Jan 10 2012 // Minneapolis, Minn.-based medical liability insurer MMIC Group Inc. (MMIC) has formed a risk retention group — MMIC RRG Inc. — to meet the evolving medical liability needs of physician groups, clinics or hospitals based...
Connecticut Law Nixing Legitimate Malpractice Lawsuits
Jan 9 2012 // After losing a baby because of an incompetent cervix, Patricia Votre thought she was well prepared when she got pregnant again. She made arrangements with her doctors to consult with high-risk pregnancy experts from Yale...
PPIB Launches Outpatient Medical Facilities Program
Jan 6 2012 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) has launched an outpatient medical facilities program. The program is available in all states and offered to both retail and wholesale insurance companies. The program will...
MedPro Completes Acquisition of New Jersey-based Princeton Insurance
Jan 5 2012 // Medical Protective Co. (MedPro), a medical professional liability insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, announced this week the completion of its acquisition of Princeton Insurance Co. Princeton Insurance is a New...
