Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Positive Physicians Insurance Co. Expands Med Mal Coverage into Florida, Georgia
May 7 2021 // Positive Physicians Insurance Co. has been approved by the Florida and Georgia departments of insurance to offer medical malpractice insurance within their respective states. The company obtained admitted status in Florida...
Rising Liability Premiums Adding Stress on Medical Practices: AMA Study
May 3 2021 // Medical liability insurance premiums have begun an upward trend after holding more or less steady during the past decade, according to a new analysis from the American Medical Association (AMA). In 2020, during the height...
Houston’s Skyward Specialty Launches Healthcare Professional Liability Group
Apr 28 2021 // Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has launched its Healthcare Professional Liability practice led by Brenda Craig, April Gilcreast and Chantelle Burton. Underwriting will focus on...
Institute Analyzes Impact of California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers
Apr 16 2021 // Legislation intended to increase injured California workers’ access to medical care by requiring the state to create a medical provider network as an alternative to private networks that render 90% of California...
Applied Analytics Isn’t Just for Insurers. Startups Help Claimants Get In On the Action.
Apr 9 2021 // Lee Fogle reached down to save his 12-lb. Yorkshire terrier Nemo as a pit bull lunged forward. The attacking dog’s jaws clamped onto his left hand, sending him to a clinic for sutures and starting a 10-month-long...
Virginia Health Workers With COVID Get Workers’ Comp Unless They Refuse Vaccine
Apr 5 2021 // Virginia has passed a law making it easier for some healthcare workers who become ill with COVID-19 to collect medical expenses or lost wages. But there’s a catch: the law excludes healthcare workers who are offered...
Groups Opposing Bill to Create California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers
Apr 5 2021 // A California bill to establish a statewide medical provider network for employees is raising a few eyebrows. Assembly Bill 1465 would require the administrative director of the state’s workers’ compensation...
Kentucky Passes Liability Protections for Businesses, Healthcare Facilities
Apr 1 2021 // Kentucky lawmakers voted to shield businesses and health care facilities from coronavirus-related lawsuits as they hurried to finish work Tuesday before ending this year’s session. Beshear’s office said the...
COVID-19 Liability Bill for Florida Businesses, Healthcare Providers Signed by Gov
Mar 31 2021 // Florida businesses, governments and healthcare providers will be protected from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 under a bill signed by Republican Gov....
Groups Opposing Bill to Create California Medical Provider Network Option for Workers
Mar 29 2021 // A piece of California legislation to establish a statewide medical provider network for employees is raising a few eyebrows. Assembly Bill 1465 would require the administrative director of the state’s workers’...
W. Virginia Enacts COVID Liability Protections for Employers, Health Care Providers
Mar 25 2021 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill that protects employers, health care providers and others from being sued due to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill offers protection from COVID-19 lawsuits even if public...
AstraZeneca to Publish Full COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial Results on Efficacy
Mar 24 2021 // AstraZeneca will publish up-to-date results from its major U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial within 48 hours after health officials publicly criticized the drugmaker for using “outdated information” to show how well...
New Mexico Court Upheld Damages Cap in Medical Malpractice
Mar 22 2021 // New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that monetary limits on some types of damages due to medical malpractice are not unconstitutional. The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Medical...
Texas Medical Practice to Pay $375K in Religious Discrimination, Retaliation Case
Mar 15 2021 // A Texas-based medical practice that federal officials say subjected employees to religious discrimination and retaliation will pay $375,000 to settle the case following a judgement by a federal court. Tim Shepherd M.D.,...
Examining liability gaps for allied healthcare businesses
Mar 15 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. General and professional liability coverage is a key component of insurance protection for allied healthcare businesses. However, healthcare...
Indiana Says Medical Malpractice Surcharge Rates to Decrease in July
Mar 10 2021 // The surcharge rates for healthcare providers electing to be qualified under Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act will go down in July, the Indiana Department of Insurance has announced. The department outlined the rate...
The 2021 Insurance Landscape for Surgeons in the Wake of COVID-19
Mar 8 2021 // This year is looking to be one of changes and big possibilities for surgeons. While 2020 brought declines in surgical revenue and drops in patient intake, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a paradigm shift. Adaptations and...
Workers’ Compensation and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims
Feb 25 2021 // Workers’ compensation insurers aren’t getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic, but different data sources give varying readouts on...
Bills to Block Mandatory Worker Vaccines Falter in the States: Stateline
Feb 24 2021 // Lawmakers in at least 23 states, often encouraged by vaccine skeptics, have proposed banning employers from requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. Most bills are sponsored by...
Massachusetts Superior Court Says Woman’s Medical Malpractice Claims Can Proceed
Feb 11 2021 // A Massachusetts superior court has ruled that a woman can bring claims for medical malpractice and unfair consumer practices against a hospice company for overmedicating her with narcotics and falsely certifying that she...
