Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crisis in Medical Professional Liability Diminished, PLUS Panelists Say
May 23 2005 // States with meaningful tort reform are seeing stabilization in the medical professional liability arena from three years ago. Despite the decrease in claims frequency, however, severity persists and insurers must maintain...
Accident Victim’s Attorney Asks Court to Limit Access to Medical Records
May 23 2005 // A lawyer for a woman suing over injuries from a 2001 car accident asked the Colorado Supreme Court to limit the other side’s access to her medical records, saying insurance companies have abused such information and...
Insurers Dispute Study of Ill. Courthouse Med-Mal Data
May 22 2005 // Court statistics were improperly used in a study released last week that concluded the Illinois tort system is not the cause of medical malpractice premium increases, according to the American Insurance...
AIA: Texas Med-Mal Reforms Showing Excellent Results
May 18 2005 // Recent news from the American Medical Association offered more evidence that the medical malpractice insurance reforms that took effect in Texas in 2003, are working, the American Insurance Association announced. The...
Vt. Doctors Call for Med-Mal Action
May 16 2005 // Sharp increases in medical malpractice insurance premiums are prompting Vermont doctors to call for the Legislature to limit payouts in malpractice lawsuits and take other steps to rein in costs. “While medical...
S.C. Malpractice Premiums Going Up 12.7 Percent in July
May 12 2005 // Despite a bill signed into law last month in South Carolina capping pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, two of the state’s largest malpractice insurers have announced plans to increase...
Pa. Hospitals Paying 2.6% of Patient Revenues for Med-Mal Expenses
May 9 2005 // Pennsylvania’s 182 general acute care hospitals reported a total of $636 million in medical malpractice expenses in fiscal year 2004, according to a research report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment...
COMMISSION CALLS FOR MED-MAL DOCKET
May 9 2005 // A pilot malpractice docket for medical liability suits and a “patient safety center” to help prevent medical errors are among the final recommendations offered by a commission chaired by Ohio Insurance Director...
Pa. Hospitals Paying 2.6% of Patient Revenues for Med-Mal Expenses
May 3 2005 // Pennsylvania’s 182 general acute care hospitals reported a total of $636 million in medical malpractice expenses in fiscal year 2004, according to a research report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment...
Ohio Commission Calls for Pilot Malpractice Docket
Apr 29 2005 // A pilot malpractice docket for medical liability suits and a “patient safety center” to help prevent medical errors are among the final recommendations offered by a commission chaired by Ohio Insurance Director...
AMSA: Med-Mal Reform Needs to Focus More on Patients, Less on Caps
Apr 20 2005 // On Wednesday, thousands of physicians were scheduled to descend upon Capitol Hill to voice support for medical liability reform to address the rise in medical malpractice premiums. These physicians will be lobbying for a...
PLUS’ Med-Mal Prognosis: Positive?
Apr 18 2005 // CHICAGO–Five words summed up the mood at this year’s Professional Liability Un-derwriting Society’s medical symposium: “The crisis aspect is over.” Thus spake Howard Friedman, chief financial...
Montana Governor Signs Four Malpractice Bills
Apr 18 2005 // Doctors and hospitals will have more protection from medical malpractice lawsuits beginning July 1 under four bills signed into law March 28 by Gov. Brian Schweitzer. The measures are among nine proposals before the 2005...
PLUS’ Medical Malpractice Prognosis: Positive?
Apr 18 2005 // Five words summed up the mood at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s medical symposium: “The crisis aspect is over.” Thus spoke Howard Friedman, chief financial officer at...
Insurance Journal ‘How to Write’ Series Looks at Lawyers Malpractice April 13
Apr 12 2005 // Insurance Journal will present the fourth in its year-long series of ‘How to Write’ seminars on Wednesday, April 13, with a look at lawyers malpractice. Scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (PST), the seminar’s...
After Years of Hikes, ProMutual Vows No Increase in Med-Mal Rates in Massachusetts for 2005
Apr 5 2005 // The largest writer of medical malpractice insurance in Massachusetts said it will not have to raise rates this year, after several years of double-digit hikes. ProMutual Group credited “improved financial...
HOUSE GIVES PLICO TWO MORE YEARS
Apr 4 2005 // The Oklahoma House passed a measure giving the state’s major medical malpractice insurer two more years to build up its reserves before state regulators intervene. HB 1566, by State Rep. Dan Sullivan, would exempt...
WASH. COMMISSIONER ENDS MED MAL PROGRAM:
Apr 4 2005 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced March 22 that he is closing the voluntary Market Assistance Program for medical malpractice insurance due to a lack of business. Kreidler pointed out that the...
Study: Coordinating Care for Chronically Ill Does Not Increase Liability
Apr 1 2005 // Conventional wisdom is wrong: primary care doctors who coordinate the care of their patients by specialists may actually have lower liability risk than primary care doctors who do not attempt care coordination. That is one...
Hylant Group Promotes Bogart to VP of Health-Care Professional Business
Mar 30 2005 // Bogey’s latest starring role: vice president. Toledo, Ohio-based agency Hylant Group has promoted Steven S. Bogart to vice president of its health-care professional business. Bogart is responsible for business...
