Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Beecher Carlson Expands Health Care Practice; Adds Seven Executives
Aug 18 2005 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance and risk management company, announced that it has expanded its National Health Care Practice with the appointment of seven industry professionals. The team expansion increases Beecher...
Risk of Medical Errors Found High in Intensive, Coronary Care Units
Aug 17 2005 // Patients face a significant risk for preventable adverse events and serious medical errors in hospital critical care units, according to a study sponsored by Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research...
Calif. Commissioner Releases Report on State Healthcare Crisis
Aug 4 2005 // Warning that California’s health care system is in a “death spiral,” Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi unveiled a comprehensive report outlining his plan to begin reforming the system and bring...
SCPIE Holdings Announces 2005 Second-Quarter and First-Half Results
Aug 4 2005 // Los Angeles-based SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance, reported continued improved results for its second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2005. For the 2005 second quarter, SCPIE...
AIA: Anti-Tort Reform Group Distorts Data
Aug 2 2005 // Still trying to convince Congress that medical liability reform is not needed, an anti-tort reform group has reportedly released another in a long line of poorly designed and poorly executed, trial bar-funded...
Texas Tech Law School Releases ‘Legislative Intent Roadmap’ on 2003 Lawsuit Reforms
Aug 1 2005 // Texas Tech Law Review has issued a comprehensive overview of lawsuit reform measures passed in 2003. According to an announcement released by the Texas Alliance for Patient Access, the 357-page article, the culmination of...
Congress Forwards President Bush Bill Designed to Boost Reporting of Medical Mistakes
Jul 29 2005 // A national system designed to increase reporting of medical errors has won final congressional approval and been sent to President Bush. It is estimated that more than 250 Americans die every day as a result of preventable...
Del. Chief Vows to Lower Med-Mal Rates Using Claims Tracking System
Jul 29 2005 // Delaware’s new system to track the results of medical malpractice claims is up and running, with the goal of lowering medical costs by proving to insurance companies that Delaware is a favorable place to insure...
Health Plans Launch Ads to Show Med-Mal Crisis in D.C.
Jul 28 2005 // At a time when Washington, D.C. is grappling with rising health care costs and striving to further improve education and public safety, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is launching an ad campaign designed to...
Mo. Malpractice Claims Drop While Premiums Rise, Study Says
Jul 27 2005 // Medical malpractice insurers paid out significantly less in claims to Missouri physicians last year, but continued to raise the premiums they charge doctors, according to new study. The National Association of Insurance...
Harvard Developing Uniform Apology Policy for Boston Hospitals
Jul 26 2005 // Some of Harvard Medical School’s top teaching hospitals may add a lesson for their doctors: how to say sorry. A national specialist on patient safety, Dr. Lucian Leape, has led a group of physicians, patients, and...
Sierra Reports 2Q 2005 Earnings of $1.01 Per Diluted Share
Jul 26 2005 // Las Vegas-based Sierra Health Services Inc. reported that net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 was $33.8 million or $1.01 per diluted share, compared to $38.2 million or $1.10 per diluted share for the same...
Citing N.H. Med-Mal Market as Non-Competitive, Analyst Urges Prior Approval of Future Rates
Jul 19 2005 // The malpractice insurance market for doctors, hospitals and other medical professionals in New Hampshire is lacking competition such that a law allowing the insurance commissioner to approve any future rate hikes should be...
Ark. Clarifies Changes to Any Willing Provider Law
Jul 18 2005 // The Arkansas Insurance Department recently issued an advisory to all health maintenance organizations and accident and health insurers conducting business in the state about compliance with Arkansas’ Patient...
News Briefs
Jul 18 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Marsh Clients Urged to Hold Off: Massachusetts insurance customers of insurance broker Marsh & McLennan are being urged to hold off on agreeing to the broker’s proposed settlement by the...
Pa. Finds Private Market Lacking for Higher Med-Mal Limits
Jul 11 2005 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken has issued a report concluding that there is not sufficient capacity to shift a greater proportion of medical malpractice coverage to the private market from the state Mcare...
Senators Seek State Alternatives to Medical Liability System
Jul 5 2005 // Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo, chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, have introduced legislation to promote state-based...
No Accord by Ore. Lawmakers on Doctor Insurance Problems
Jul 5 2005 // Legislators have failed to reach agreement on how to ease doctors’ high insurance costs, so the issue may go before voters for a second time. “Neither side will give,” said Democratic Sen. Alan Bates, an...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Romney Would Require Insurance: Gov. Mitt Romney would require every person in the state to have health insurance under his plan for universal health coverage, which he has dubbed the Safety Net Care...
Okla.’s Holland: Health Care Company Not Authorized for Insurance Business
Jul 1 2005 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced she is ordering First Choice Healthcare to stop conducting unauthorized business involving insurance in Oklahoma. The order states that the company has violated state...
