Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CALIF.’S STATE FUND IMPLEMENTS NEW REFORM MEASURE:
Feb 7 2005 // State Compensation Insurance Fund announced the establishment of an enhanced Medical Provider Network that will assure the provision of rapid access to medical treatment for injured workers. The network expands on State...
ACIC Supports Medical Provider Network Regulations
Feb 2 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) supports the adoption of newly developed state regulations that implement the Medical Provider Networks (MPN) provision of California’s workers’...
RGI Insurance Unveils New Web Site
Feb 2 2005 // Laguna Hills, Calif.-based RGI Insurance Services, one of California¹s largest medical malpractice insurance agencies, announced the grand opening of its new Web site: http://www.RGIinsurance.com. RGI Executive Vice...
Poll Says Most Americans Back Medical Liability Reform
Feb 2 2005 // A new survey released by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) reportedly found almost three-quarters of Americans support legislation to reform the nation’s medical liability system that is driving up...
Malpractice Bill Tightens Rules: Clears Ga. Senate, Headed for House
Feb 1 2005 // In an effort to try to drive down insurance premiums for doctors, the Georgia Senate has approved tighter rules for people trying to sue doctors for malpractice. According to the Associated Press, the vote came after the...
N.J. Lawyers Sue to Scrap Med-Mal Insurance Fee
Jan 30 2005 // The New Jersey Legislature could have seen this coming. It enacted a law requiring the state’s lawyers, and many doctors, to pay $75 a year for three years to help doctors in high-risk specialties pay for malpractice...
Md. HMOs Hike Rates to Cover Med-Mal Tax
Jan 27 2005 // As some had predicted, health insurers in Maryland plan to raise their rates to cover a newly enacted two percent tax on HMO premiums. The tax was a focal point of a bitter battle between Gov. Robert Ehrlich and state...
2005 Ga. General Assembly to Consider Medical Liability Reform
Jan 24 2005 // Storm clouds are looming over medical liability reform legislation about to be introduced in the 2005 Georgia General Assembly which would make it harder for insurance companies to raise their rates and thus, supposedly...
Compromise Med-Mal Bill Between Doctors, Lawyers Advances in Virginia
Jan 21 2005 // A Virginia Senate committee has endorsed medical malpractice reform legislation that reflects a compromise between Virginia’s doctors and lawyers. The measure does not limit awards for noneconomic damages — a...
Chances Slim for Washington Med-Mal Legislative Action
Jan 19 2005 // Neither of the two medical malpractice reform initiatives presented to the Legislature this year stands much chance of passing. “Very unlikely,” said Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, chairwoman of the Senate...
Wash. Legislature Delves into Med-Mal Initiatives
Jan 17 2005 // As supporters of two radically different medical malpractice initiatives present their proposals at a Monday legislative hearing, state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is touting new numbers that suggest the crisis...
New Md. Medical Liability Law, Upcoming Issues Reportedly Concerning Insurers
Jan 13 2005 // Although disappointed that the Maryland General Assembly chose to override Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s veto of a controversial medical liability reform bill, insurers are reportedly equally concerned about other challenges...
U.S. Tort Costs Rise in 2003, but at More Moderate Pace Than in Prior Years, According to Tillinghast Study
Jan 12 2005 // U.S. tort costs reached a record $246 billion in 2003, or approximately $845 per person, according to U.S. Tort Costs: 2004 Update from the Tillinghast business of Towers Perrin. This represents a 5.4 percent increase in...
Maryland Lawmakers Override Veto of Med-Mal Bill
Jan 11 2005 // The Maryland House and Senate overrode Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s veto of medical malpractice bill that includes a 2 percent premium tax on HMOs. The $64 million estimated revenues from the tax in the first year will be...
N.Y. Metro Hospitals Decry Average 27% Annual Malpractice Insurance Hike
Jan 10 2005 // Hospitals in the metropolitan New York area have experienced annual malpractice premium increases of 27 percent per year from 1999 through 2004, and a cumulative percentage increase of 147 percent over that five-year...
NAMIC Supports President’s Commitment to Tort Reform
Jan 7 2005 // President Bush highlighted the need on Wednesday for common-sense medical liability reform to protect patients and to stop the skyrocketing costs associated with frivolous lawsuits. Bush also stressed the call for class...
Maryland Docs Urge Gov. Ehrlich to Sign Med-Mal Bill Despite Its Tort Shortcomings
Jan 5 2005 // Imploring lawmakers to follow the physician’s oath to “first, do no harm,” a coalition of doctors said that a medical malpractice reform bill passed last week should become law, despite the bill’s...
Colo. Sex-Change Surgeon Retires After Losing Malpractice Insurance
Jan 3 2005 // Dr. Stanley Biber, who gained an international reputation as a sex-change surgeon until he stopped doing surgery in 2003, has closed his Trinidad, Colorado small office practice because he cannot get malpractice...
Beleaguered Workers' Comp Lines Seek Captives as a Solution
Jan 3 2005 // With workers’ compensation insurance costs skyrocketing, many companies are considering a captive solution, but industry observers say companies should first consider all alternatives, and if they do decide to set up...
Maryland Lawmakers Agree on Med-Mal Bill But Governor Vows Veto Due to Tax Feature
Dec 31 2004 // The Maryland General Assembly, meeting into the early morning hours Thursday, approved a medical malpractice insurance reform package that Gov. Robert Ehrlich said he would veto because of a dispute over a tax on HMO...
