Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PLATTE RIVER APPROVED FOR HOSPITAL LIABILITY IN OKLAHOMA:
Jun 7 2004 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) announced that an affiliate, Platte River Insurance Company, has gained the approval of the Oklahoma Department of Insurance to write hospital professional liability coverage...
Wyoming Med-Mal Rates on the Rise
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice insurance rates are on the rise in Wyoming, and lawmakers anticipate being called into a special legislative session this summer to address the issue. The Doctors Co., which insures about 30 percent of...
Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk
Jun 7 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
Reaction Mixed to Idea of Special Session in Wyoming
Jun 1 2004 // Calling a special session to deal with rising medical malpractice insurance rates could be risky if nothing comes out of it, those involved in the debate said May 28. Legislative leaders opted to vote on whether to...
N.J. Med-Mal Subsidy Fund Approved
May 26 2004 // A remedy to hold down the escalating costs of medical malpractice insurance has received final approval from New Jersey lawmakers, two years after they first stated working on it. The bill would create a $78 million fund...
Darwin Makes Available Hospital Professional Liability Insurance for Oklahoma
May 21 2004 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) announced approval by the Oklahoma Department of Insurance of Platte River Insurance Company to write hospital professional liability coverage on an admitted basis in...
Okla. Tort Reform Committee Adopts ‘I’m Sorry’ Provision
May 21 2004 // The Oklahoma Senate reported that a special joint House-Senate Committee on Tort Reform has already adopted a provision lauded by medical professionals in a front page story in a Wall Street Journal as the most effective...
Mass. Doctors Decry Latest Malpractice Hike
May 18 2004 // Massachusetts doctors face their fourth straight year of double-digit malpractice insurance rate increases, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society, with the average rate from the region’s largest insurer...
Workers’ Comp on the Line
May 17 2004 // It looks like workers’ compensation will be the big insurance issue when the Texas Legislature meets again in 2005. The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently came under fire at the Insurance Council...
PCI Spurs Need for Medical Liability Reform; House Approves Legislation
May 13 2004 // The House on Wednesday approved medical liability reform legislation (H.R. 4280) as part of a package of health care related bills designed to help the economy. The measure is part of the Republicans’ “Careers...
CARH Praises House Vote on Med-Mal Reform
May 13 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a medical malpractice liability reform package as part of its “Cover the Uninsured Week” and...
A.M. Best Affirms FSR and Debt Ratings of Sierra Health Services
May 13 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of B+ (Very Good) of Sierra Health Services Inc.’s (Sierra) core HMO, Health Plan of Nevada Inc (both of Las Vegas, Nev.), and its health insurance company,...
N.J. Doctors Sue to Block Malpractice Data
May 10 2004 // A lawsuit has temporarily blocked the state from publicly releasing data on malpractice settlements and judgments against physicians practicing in New Jersey. The information, from a state database on doctors’...
N.Y. Gov. Pataki Seeks Patient Protections
May 7 2004 // New York Governor George E. Pataki and Senator Kemp Hannon have introduced a measure in the state Senate that would strengthen protections for patients and ensure that additional background checks for health professionals...
PIAA, NPDB Data Show Med-Mal Costs Still Rising
May 5 2004 // Data compiled from the physician owned and/or operated medical liability insurers that make up the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) indicate that medical...
AIA Reports Iowa’s 2004 Legislative Session a Success for Both Consumers, Insurers
May 4 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Monday declared Iowa’s 2004 legislative session a success for consumers and insurers on key issues affecting the property/casualty market. “From passage of a medical...
Lawmakers, Montemayor Unhappy With Rate Hikes
May 3 2004 // Medical liability insurer, General Electric Medical Protective, has indicated it will bypass Texas regulators and raise liability insurance rates for doctors and Insurance Commis-sioner José Montemayor is not happy about...
Wy. Doctors’ Group Says Caps Not the Only Answer to Malpractice Dilemma
May 3 2004 // Capping damage awards is not by itself the solution to Wyoming’s medical malpractice insurance cost dilemma, the incoming president of a state physicians group said. “Even if Wyoming were to enact reforms like...
INSURER THAT TRIGGERED NEVADA MALPRACTICE CRISIS PAYS $1 MILLION:
May 3 2004 // The St. Paul insurance companies, whose pullout from the medical malpractice insurance market caused a crisis for Nevada doctors, will pay a group of Las Vegas physicians $900,000 under terms of a settlement announced...
Rightfield Introduces Med-Mal Software
Apr 28 2004 // Chicago-based software-maker Rightfield Solutions has introduced a product designed to correctly manage patients’ expectations about medical procedures in an attempt to reduce the frequency of medical malpractice...
