Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ground Shifting for Medical Liability Insurers: Moody’s
Jan 3 2012 // Although it comprises just over two percent of annual direct premiums for the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry, the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance business is integral to the U.S. healthcare...
Jan. 2 Deadline Looms For People Suing Over 9/11 Health Claims
Dec 28 2011 // More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2, 2012, whether to keep fighting in court, or drop the litigation...
Ohio Court: Lack of Informed Consent Requires Expert Testimony
Dec 13 2011 // A medical malpractice claim alleging lack of informed consent requires expert medical testimony to establish harm, Ohio’s high court has ruled. In a case arising from a medical malpractice suit filed by Robert and...
Moody to Lead Missouri-Based Medical Malpractice Insurance Group
Dec 13 2011 // A medical malpractice insurance specialty group headquartered in Missouri has promoted Joseph B. Moody to president and CEO. Healthcare Services Association (HSA) appointed Moody to lead HSA and Healthcare Services Group...
Baxter to Lead Hylant Group’s Health Risk Management Unit
Dec 8 2011 // Ohio-based Hylant Group has tapped wellness professional Jerid Baxter to lead its growing health and wellness practice. Baxter will be responsible for designing and implementing programming and building the tools and...
Health Claim Denials Top Ohio Insurance Complaints
Dec 6 2011 // A newspaper’s analysis shows the most common complaints received by the Ohio Department of Insurance come from people who had health claims denied. The Columbus Dispatch reports the department got more than 3,100...
Iowa Man Won’t Get $10.6M Malpractice Award
Dec 5 2011 // An Iowa man who had been awarded $10.6 million in malpractice case won’t see any of that money. The Des Moines Register reports that court precedent set while the case was awaiting its second trial prevents Dennis...
Wisconsin Court: Malpractice Claims Can Go to AG’s Headquarters
Dec 5 2011 // An appeals court has dealt a setback to three state doctors who are fighting a malpractice suit by arguing their patient sent a claim notice to the Minnesota Justice Department’s headquarters in Madison. The doctors...
U.S. Reopens Public Database of Malpractice Claims Against Doctors
Dec 5 2011 // The U.S. government reopened public access to a database of malpractice claims and damages paid by doctors, with new restrictions that would prohibit using it in any way to identify the physicians. Consumer advocates and...
Nebraska Health Providers Urge State-based Insurance Exchange
Dec 2 2011 // Nebraska should not wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the Obama administration’s health care overhaul before it prepares a state-based insurance exchange, a leading hospital advocate said. Bruce Rieker, a...
Hiscox Designs Terrorism Product for Healthcare Industry
Nov 30 2011 // Hiscox has launched a terrorism liability product designed specifically for healthcare risks such as hospitals, physician offices, researchers and long-term care providers. The carrier says the product, which was designed...
Markel Launches Data Breach Endorsement for Healthcare Risks
Nov 29 2011 // Healthcare providers insured by Markel now have access to a free DataBreach endorsement. The new endorsement covers liability resulting from a compromise of confidential patient information and the associated costs. These...
NCCI Study Examines Medical Services in Workers’ Comp Claims
Nov 21 2011 // A new report on medical services casts light on how different combinations of medical services contribute to workers’ compensation claim costs over time. Understanding what combinations of medical services are used...
Pittsburgh Medical Center to Appeal $12.5M in Malpractice Verdicts
Nov 17 2011 // The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center expects to file an appeal after two Allegheny County juries have awarded $12.5 million in damages to the family of a 24-year-old accountant who died in 2003 after an abscess was...
Minnesota-based Medical Liability Insurer OK’d to Become a Mutual Company
Nov 16 2011 // Medical liability insurer MMIC Group Inc. (MMIC), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., has received final regulatory approval to change from a stock holding company to a mutual insurance holding company. The move...
More New York Courts to Focus on Medical Malpractice
Nov 14 2011 // New York courts specializing in the state’s 4,000 medical malpractice cases filed each year have begun expanding following the success of a Bronx judge in settling cases early. The approach, shown to cut court...
Electronic Medical Records Not Without Risks to Patient Safety: Report
Nov 10 2011 // The nation’s transition to electronic medical records, now in full swing, risks overlooking potential patient safety problems, independent advisers warned the Obama administration in a report this week. Computerized...
U.S. Reopens Public Database of Malpractice Claims Against Doctors
Nov 10 2011 // The U.S. government reopened public access to a database of malpractice claims and damages paid by doctors, with new restrictions that would prohibit using it in any way to identify the physicians. Consumer advocates and...
IronHealth to Offer Medical Professional Liability for Qualified Health Centers
Nov 8 2011 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., is offering medical professional liability coverage for federally qualified health centers to provide protection for deemed and non-deemed healthcare services,...
Tennessee Caps Medical Malpractice Damages
Nov 7 2011 // Insurers in Tennessee will payout fewer damages in medical malpractice cases under a new cap on damages that took effect last month. The law also protects insurers from being sued under the state’s consumer...
