Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AMA Pleased with Bush Re-election; Looks Forward to Pushing Forward Medical Liability Reform
Nov 3 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) voiced pleasure in the re-election of President George W. Bush on Wednesday. In a statement, John Nelson, AMA president, remarked: “The American Medical Association today...
Florida’s Amendment 2 Means Lawyers Will Get Less for Malpractice Cases
Nov 3 2004 // Voters handed victories to both sides Tuesday in the war between Florida doctors and lawyers, adopting a hotly contested constitutional amendment backed by Florida doctors but also endorsing two amendments pushed by...
Poll: Republicans Blame Malpractice Lawsuits for Rising Health Costs; Democrats Blame Insurers
Nov 2 2004 // Republicans were three times as likely as Democrats to blame rising health costs on malpractice lawsuits, according to a poll conducted for The (Baltimore) Sun, and Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to blame...
Some Maryland Doctors, Irked by Costs, Consider Going ‘Bare,’ Shifting Liability to Hospitals
Nov 1 2004 // Doctors at several Maryland hospitals who are fed up with rising medical malpractice insurance costs are considering doing without the coverage, or “going bare.” The strategy, used by thousands of Florida...
PIAA Takes Stand Against Hunter’s Med-Mal Claims
Nov 1 2004 // Actuary J. Robert Hunter has reportedly published another bogus analysis of the medical malpractice insurance industry, once again using one of his front groups, Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR), as the...
Wyoming Legislator’s Letter Against Malpractice Amendments Draw Ire
Nov 1 2004 // Several residents said they were offended to receive a letter from a state legislator asking them to vote against two constitutional amendments tied to medical malpractice. Rep. Floyd Esquibel, D-Cheyenne, sent the letter...
Md. Gov.’s Med-Mal Plan Gets Frosty Reception from Senate Leader Miller; Special Session in Doubt
Oct 28 2004 // Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller this week blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s latest medical malpractice plan as “a work of fiction” and “a completely different bill” from the one he, the...
Wyo. Healthcare Commission Reviews Malpractice Liability Fund Proposal
Oct 27 2004 // A consultant has drafted a plan for a medical malpractice liability fund that would attempt to reduce the rising premiums doctors pay for malpractice insurance in Wyoming. The plan was reviewed Oct. 25 by the Wyoming...
Md. Governor Files Med-Mal Measure
Oct 27 2004 // Legislation that would offer doctors immediate relief from increases in malpractice insurance premiums and hold the line on future rate hikes was presented to the Maryland General Assembly leaders this week by Gov. Robert...
Oklahoma Sees Drop in Medical Malpractice Claims But Not Rates
Oct 25 2004 // In the year since Gov. Brad Henry signed the Affordable Access to Health Care Act (Senate Bill 629), Oklahoma has seen fewer medical malpractice lawsuits, the Associated Press reported. Between July 2003 and July 2004 the...
HIGHER MALPRACTICE RATES LOOMING FOR COLORADO DOCTORS:
Oct 25 2004 // COPIC Insurance, the largest medical malpractice insurance company in Colorado, will increase rates by an average of 15.9 percent, according to the Associated Press. It is the biggest rate increase in 16 years....
Professional Liability in the Medical Arena
Oct 25 2004 // Whether a patient, a health care provider or an insurer, everyone seems to be aware of what is going on in the medical world these days. There is general agreement that health care costs are rising, more people are going...
Take Two: Looking at the Med-Mal Crisis from Both Sides
Oct 25 2004 // National editor Andrea Ortega-Wells recently moderated a “Take Two” debate discussing the hot topic of medical malpractice, and what, if any, reforms are needed. The debate featured Paula Sweeney, partner with...
President Bush Tackles Medical Liability Reform During Pa. Visit
Oct 21 2004 // President George W. Bush used a visit to the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pennsylvania on Thursday to address the matters of medical liability reform and health care. Joined by his daughter on the campaign...
Wyo. Healthcare Commission Lauded by CARH
Oct 21 2004 // Wyoming Healthcare Commission was lauded Thursday by the Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Healthcare (CARH) for reportedly showing evidence, once again, that capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases...
Study: Caps Would Save Companies 15 Percent
Oct 20 2004 // Groups for and against capping noneconomic damage awards for medical malpractice both claimed that a Wyoming Healthcare Commission report upholds their positions. The study suggests that capping noneconomic damages at...
Md. Leaders Optimistic Over Med-Mal Session
Oct 18 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich and top legislative leaders emerged from a meeting in the governor’s mansion last Thursday, holding out hope of a special legislative session next month to deal with a medical malpractice...
N.J. AG Notes Racketeering Convictions of Pair in Multi-Million Dollar Staged Accident Conspiracy
Oct 16 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Union County man and a Middlesex County man were convicted this week of racketeering, conspiracy, Health Care Claims Fraud and theft for their roles in a...
Pa. Hospitals Say New Liability Survey Backs Need for Medical Reforms
Oct 14 2004 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) issued the following statement from President and CEO Carolyn Scanlan in response to Pennsylvania-specific medical liability reform polling data released...
Texas Employers, Medical Providers Join Forces to Fix Workers’ Comp System
Oct 13 2004 // Texas’ workers’ compensation system is one of the worst in the nation with skyrocketing costs, mediocre care and a poor record of getting workers back on the job, according to Texans for Workers’...
