Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AMA Backs Florida’s Call for Medical Liability Reform
Mar 25 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement Thursday as it keeps its eyes on the medical liability climate in Florida. The following comments are attributed to Donald Palmisano, president, of AMA. “The...
IIAOK Issues Special Legislative Alert on HB 2261
Mar 25 2004 // Dan Ramsey, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAOK), in a recent State Capitol Report issued an alert to IIAOK members, urging them to become active in efforts to secure meaningful tort...
PCI URGES SENATE TO KEEP MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM ON ’04 AGENDA:
Mar 22 2004 // An effort by the U.S. Senate to reform the nation’s medical liability system by placing reasonable caps on non-economic damages fell short late last month, reportedly leaving the future of reform legislation in doubt...
N.H. House Votes to Pre-Screen Malpractice Cases
Mar 19 2004 // A New Hampshire bill mandating that medical malpractice cases be screened by a special panel before being allowed to go to court has won House approval, 203-113. A medical provider, judge and a lawyer would serve on the...
Report Backs Government Role in Malpractice Insurance
Mar 19 2004 // A convincing case can be made for government involvement in providing medical malpractice insurance for high-cost claims and shortcomings in some such arrangements, such as Pennsylvania’s Mcare fund, are due to...
CRM Underscores NY Health Care Trust Financial Strength, Continues Growth of Customer Base
Mar 17 2004 // Compensation Risk Managers announced from its Poughkeepsie headquarters that its Healthcare Industry Trust of New York (HITNY) product remains on solid financial ground and continues to provide “high quality,...
N.J. Assembly to Vote on Med-Mal Fund Today
Mar 15 2004 // New Jersey lawmakers in the Assembly are scheduled to vote on medical malpractice, patient safety and rate regulation legislation today, after votes were delayed last week. The medical malpractice funding bill creates a...
Ohio Med-Mal Commission Issues Interim Report
Mar 10 2004 // Ohio’s Medical Malpractice Commission has released its interim report (PDF) to the governor and members of the General Assembly, recommending actions that could help stabilize medical malpractice rates in...
SCPIE Holdings Announces 2003 4thQ, Year-End Results
Mar 9 2004 // Los Angeles-based SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance, reported results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2003. The company also announced that its Board of Directors has...
MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM GROUP PRAISING SENATE LEADERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM:
Mar 8 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH), an organization of health care providers and others dedicated to medical liability reform, recently praised new efforts by U.S. Senate leaders to bring balance...
Wyoming Tort Reform Constitutional Amendment Fails
Mar 8 2004 // A proposed constitutional amendment to limit damage awards for medical malpractice died in the Wyoming legislature, but other cost-saving measures for doctors and insurance companies remain on the table. The other measures...
PIACT Supports Conn. Bill on Health Care, Med Mal
Mar 5 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. announced its support for House Bill 5204 and Senate Bill 60 when it recently provided written testimony to the Insurance and Real Estate Committee and the Program...
Ore. Governor’s Plan Cuts Rural Doctors’ Professional Liability Insurance Costs
Mar 4 2004 // More than a thousand doctors in rural communities throughout Oregon are going to see reductions of up to eighty percent in their medical professional liability insurance costs this quarter as a result of a state...
Sierra Military Health Services Agrees to Acquisition of Contracts, Leases by Health Net
Mar 3 2004 // Sierra Military Health Services Inc. (SMHS), a subsidiary of Sierra Health Services Inc., announced that it has entered into a binding commitment with Health Net Federal Services (Health Net) of Rancho Cordova, California,...
Minn. House Committee OKs Med-Mal Limit
Mar 2 2004 // After deliberating whether it would hurt already injured patients and not lower health care costs, opponents of a measure that would limit damages in malpractice suits failed to strip the controversial provision from a...
AIA Urges Md. Senate Finance Committee to Improve Viability of Workers’ Comp System By Passing SB 466
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Wyo. Tort Reform Constitutional Amendment Fails
Feb 27 2004 // A proposed constitutional amendment to limit damage awards for medical malpractice is dead, but other cost-saving measures for doctors and insurance companies remain on the table. The other measures include reimbursing...
Tampa Medical Clinic Records Seized, Owners Arrested
Feb 25 2004 // Investigators with Florida’s Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud, seized hundreds of records from a medical clinic and arrested the three owners on charges of organized scheme to defraud,...
AMA Supports Oklahoma Medical Liability Reform Efforts
Feb 25 2004 // In a statement attributed to J. James Rohack, MD, chair-elect of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees, the AMA expressed its support for medical liability reform in Oklahoma. “The American Medical...
PIRRGA Obtains Regulatory Approval to Underwrite Med-Mal Insurance in Florida
Feb 24 2004 // Pediatricians Insurance Risk Retention Group of America (PIRRGA), a physician-owned and governed medical malpractice insurance company, has received notification of registration from the Florida Office of Insurance...
