Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wash. Senators Pass Gregoire’s Malpractice Compromise
Feb 24 2006 // Washington State senators have approved changes to the medical malpractice system, endorsing a compromise hammered out by doctors and lawyers in weeks of secret negotiations with Gov. Chris Gregoire. The bill was approved...
N.M. Legislators Adjourn on Quiet Note for Industry, Says NAMIC
Feb 22 2006 // New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session, which ended last Thursday, was predominantly focused upon budget related legislation, but a few insurance related bills were introduced, according to the National Association...
ATRA: Milwaukee Bar Assoc. Exploits High Court Decision; Healthcare at Risk
Feb 22 2006 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) recently urged Wisconsin legislators and the governor to restore limits on noneconomic damages for medical liability lawsuits in light of the Milwaukee Bar Association’s...
Oregon starting program to track medical mistakes at hospitals
Feb 20 2006 // Oregon has started its program to track medical errors at hospitals and determine what could have been done to prevent them. The Oregon Patient Safety Commission unanimously approved rules and guidelines for its effort to...
Oregon starting program to track medical mistakes at hospitals
Feb 19 2006 // Oregon has started its program to track medical errors at hospitals and determine what could have been done to prevent them. The Oregon Patient Safety Commission unanimously approved rules and guidelines for its effort to...
Liability Law Blocks Federally Insured Doctors from Helping in Disasters
Feb 13 2006 // Dozens of federally insured medical providers have been blocked from helping the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina because their medical liability protection doesn’t apply outside their own states. Doctors...
Up to 700 Women in West Not Told about Placenta Registry
Feb 13 2006 // As many as 700 women along the West Coast were not told that an institute financed by the insurance industry kept their placentas after giving birth in order to protect doctors and hospitals from potential lawsuits,...
Ohio insurance department says malpractice premiums going down
Feb 6 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently said that years of escalating premiums for medical malpractice insurance for the state’s doctors may be coming to an end. For the first time in six years, an insurer is...
Surplus lines ready for some uncertainty
Feb 6 2006 // The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Few argue with the success of this niche-based market, which has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to almost 15 percent of the insurance market in 2005. The National...
Surplus lines ready for some uncertainty
Feb 6 2006 // The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Few argue with the success of this niche-based market, which has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to almost 15 percent of the insurance market in 2005. The National...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Ohio insurance department says malpractice premiums going down The Ohio Department of Insurance recently said that years of escalating premiums for medical malpractice insurance for the state’s doctors may be coming...
E&S Market
Feb 5 2006 // The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Few argue with the success of this niche-based market, which has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to almost 15 percent of the insurance market in 2005. The National...
Oregon Starts Program to Track Medical Mistakes
Feb 3 2006 // Oregon has started its program to track medical errors at hospitals and determine what could have been done to prevent them. The Oregon Patient Safety Commission unanimously approved rules and guidelines for its effort to...
Tort Reform Promises to be Key Issue in Okla. in 2006
Feb 2 2006 // Dr. Elaine Davis, an obstetrician and gynecologist in the rural northwest Oklahoma community of Enid for nearly 40 years, loved practicing medicine. But at age 68, she thought it was time to ease back on her patient load...
Fla. CFO to Reform Premises Liability Rule, Fix ‘Broken Civil Justice System’
Jan 27 2006 // A lack of meaningful tort reform in Florida has added unnecessary expenses to the insurance and healthcare industries in Florida, CFO Tom Gallagher told the Coral Springs, Fla. Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees. One of...
Okla. Commissioner Unveils Hotline for Medical Providers
Jan 27 2006 // Oklahoma health care providers now have a direct line to the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID), Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced. The new service is being offered so that health care providers have a direct...
Colorado Emergency Responders, Trauma Care Reimbursement Amendment Receives Thumbs Up
Jan 27 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said it will support a Colorado proposal to eliminate a requirement that auto insurance customers purchase compulsory coverage to pay for emergency medical...
E&S market ready for some uncertainty
Jan 23 2006 // Some price hardening possible due to hurricanes; new opportunities seen in housing and health care markets Experts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Few argue with the success of this...
Indiana malpractice bill may take sting from docs saying ‘I’m sorry’
Jan 23 2006 // Usually saying “I’m sorry” means good things for the person who says it. However when a physician says, “I’m sorry,” it could mean big trouble down the road in a court system. With this...
Surplus Lines Market: Speculation for 2006
Jan 23 2006 // Experts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Who can argue with the success of this niche-based market that has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to almost 15 percent of the insurance market in...
