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 Healthcare Commission. It was …
Nuts & Bolts: Workforce Safety and Insurance announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership with the Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, …
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 will reduce malpractice costs and stop our nation’s growing healthcare crisis. …
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 $250,000 could reduce insurance company losses by 15 percent. The …
The Supreme Court considered last week whether companies that voluntarily seek to clean up their polluted land can sue former owners to get help with the costs. The case could have important ramifications for communities with abandoned toxic plants, landfills …
Wyoming physicians plan to seek at least $2 million from a new state low-interest loan program to help doctors cover any malpractice claims while switching insurance carriers or retiring. An informal survey sent to physicians last month by the state …
If “you get what you pay for” described the situation for those seeking insurance coverage for oil and gas risks in 2003, “steady as she goes” may more closely characterize the market in 2004, with “the world is flat” being …
On Nov. 2, citizens of three Western states will decide whether or not to limit damage awards in medical malpractice insurance cases. Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming will join Florida as the four states to consider placing caps on noneconomic awards …
Around and around they went. For some 90 minutes, Vice President Dick Cheney and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards debated and most often, disagreed on the issues, during the first and only Vice Presidential debate Tuesday evening in Cleveland. Putting …
At a news conference last week, Workforce Safety & Insurance CEO Sandy Blunt announced that North Dakota employers can now purchase a workers’ compensation policy to cover their employees who work temporarily outside the state. In partnership with the Michigan-based …
