Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wash. Physicians Meet with Legislators to Discuss Malpractice Crisis
Jan 29 2004 // Steve Woods, MD, Overlake Hospital OBGYN and partner in a private medical practice, along with several of his Overlake Hospital and Evergreen Hospital colleagues, met in Olympia, Wash., recently to talk to King County...
Aon: Hospital Pro Liability, Physician Benchmark Study Forecasts Continued Loss Cost Increase for the Year
Jan 28 2004 // The high trend of insurance rates experienced by hospital professionals and physicians over the past three years show no sign of slowing in 2004 as claims costs are increasing at a steady rate of 9.7 percent according to...
Ohio’s First Woman Insurance Director Tackles Med-Mal Crisis
Jan 26 2004 // Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin’s first year in office since her appointment by Republican Gov. Robert Taft has been marked principally by her efforts to get a handle on the state’s medical liability...
Taking the Pain Out of Tort Reform
Jan 26 2004 // Having first looked at efforts to pass more tort reform in Mississippi (Jan. 12, “Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State”) and now reporting on efforts in West Virginia in this issue, one...
West Virginia Commissioner Eyes Tort Reform
Jan 26 2004 // When asked about a recent report from the American Tort Reform Association that singled out West Virginia as the only statewide “judicial hellhole” in a related report, Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes...
WASH. STATE LEADERS AIM TO CONTROL MED-MAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS:
Jan 26 2004 // Washington Gov. Gary Locke, House Speaker Frank Chopp, Senate Democratic Leader Lisa Brown and state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler recently unveiled a proposal to help improve the safety of medical patients and...
Malpractice Reform Must Focus on Reducing Patient Injury
Jan 26 2004 // Reducing medical injury is essential to solving the current medical malpractice crisis, and physicians must play an active role in developing and implementing systems to improve patient safety, according to an article...
AMA Calls for Medical Liability Reform at Maryland Rally
Jan 22 2004 // The American Medical Association called for medical liability reform to stem the tide of Maryland’s growing medical liability crisis at a rally held in front of the State Capitol in Annapolis yesterday. Joining...
CONN. WEIGHS ALTERNATIVE TO LAWSUIT CAP:
Jan 12 2004 // A legislative report recommends that the state create an emergency fund to help doctors pay their skyrocketing medical malpractice insurance premiums. The report for the Program Review and Investigations Committee proposed...
Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State
Jan 12 2004 // Problems and states come in all different shapes and sizes. For the insurance industry, keeping an eye on tort reform in Mississippi has been an item of importance in recent years. For the American Insurance Associ-ation...
Wash. State Leaders Aim to Control Med-Mal Insurance Premiums
Jan 7 2004 // Washington Gov. Gary Locke, House Speaker Frank Chopp, Senate Democratic Leader Lisa Brown and state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler recently unveiled a proposal to help improve the safety of medical patients and...
New Doctor-Owned Company Gets Go-Ahead from Ky. Department
Dec 31 2003 // Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HUGKY), a medical professional liability insurance company owned by Kentucky doctors, has received authorization from the Kentucky Department of Insurance to begin operations. The...
New Med-Mal Insurer to Begin Covering Ohio in January
Dec 23 2003 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin announced that OHA Insurance Solutions (OHAIS) Inc. has been licensed to begin selling medical liability coverage statewide to a limited number of physicians...
NO HIKE FOR TEXAS PROVIDER:
Dec 15 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor rejected rate hikes requested by the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Associ-ation, also known as the Joint Underwriting Association (JUA). According to the Texas...
MDI: 2002 Med-Mal Payments Didn’t Keep Pace With Injuries
Dec 11 2003 // Severity of patient injuries reached an all-time high for medical malpractice payments in 2002, but victim awards have not kept pace with inflation and increasing disabilities, the Missouri Department of Insurance said in...
Crackdown on N.Y. No-Fault Fraud Reportedly Begins to Pay Dividends as Costs Show Slight Decline
Dec 10 2003 // The vigorous crackdown on insurance fraud and abuse spearheaded by New York’s insurance companies, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, and supported by tough insurance department regulations and a statewide...
Trio of Insurers File Largest No-Fault Lawsuit in N.Y. History
Dec 4 2003 // The Allstate Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company on Wednesday filed a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) action in the Supreme Court of New York against 74...
Liberty Mutual, MetLife A&H Recoup $2 Million in Fraud Suit against Mass. Lawyers, Medical Clinic
Dec 3 2003 // Score one for the industry! Liberty Mutual Group and MetLife Auto & Home announced settlements of around $2 million – in their favor- in a multi-million dollar insurance fraud suit against attorneys and medical...
Ohio Director Wants $12 Million for Med Mal JUA
Dec 3 2003 // Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin testified today before the state’s House Insurance Committee to advocate for changes that would protect $12 million for medical malpractice initiatives and provide the...
A.M. Best Comments on FSR Sierra Health Services’ Health Care Entities
Dec 2 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has commented on the financial strength rating of B+ (Very Good) of Sierra Health Services Inc.’s HMO and health insurance entities. A.M. Best’s comments follow Sierra’s announcement of the...
