Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Risk Launches New Physician Med-Mal Product
Oct 2 2006 // Dallas, Texas-based U.S. Risk Underwriters, a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker, introduced a new medical malpractice insurance product for physicians practicing as medical directors in long-term...
La. Appeals Court Says $500,000 Malpractice Cap Too Low
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana’s $500,000 cap on medical malpractice damages, set in 1975, is unconstitutional because it no longer provides an adequate remedy to patients, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles has ruled in a...
Insurer to drop Texas medical liability rates again
Sep 25 2006 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) recently declared a 20 percent dividend amounting to approximately $35 million for 2006 effective Jan. 1, 2007, for renewing TMLT policyholders. In addition, it plans to reduce rates...
Insurer ProMutual Offers Captive-Like Option to Medical Facilities
Sep 19 2006 // ProMutual Group, a provider of medical malpractice liability insurance in the Northeast, recently launched ProSolutions Insurance Company, an alternative capptive-like insurance entity designed to assist medical facilities...
Association Says Texas Liability Reforms a Positive for Physicians, Patients
Sep 13 2006 // The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), a national trade association that represents doctor-owned and/or operated medical professional liability insurance companies, reported that medical liability reforms...
Specialized Care Network Found to Reduce Workers’ Comp Costs
Sep 12 2006 // In workers’ compensation cases, management of injured workers by a specialized network of health care providers—without third-party utilization review—can reduce missed work days and lower health care costs,...
Study: Fla. Med Mal Climate Discouraging OB/Gyn Students
Sep 11 2006 // The medical malpractice climate in Florida is discouraging medical students from pursuing careers in obstetrics and gynecology – a trend that could further reduce patients’ access to obstetric care, a survey by...
Medical Liability Insurer Sold by Washington Commissioner
Sep 8 2006 // After operating a major insurer of the Washington’s rural hospitals and medical centers for more than three years under a court order, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has announced his intent to sell the...
Ohio Oswald Companies Partners with Wellness Coaches USA
Sep 8 2006 // Oswald Companies announced this week that it will offer employers an on-site wellness coaching service through an exclusive partnership with Wellness Coaches USA. This service provides face-to-face, personalized support to...
Texas Liability Reforms of 2003 Paying Off, Study Says
Sep 8 2006 // Sick and injured Texans now have more physicians who are more willing and able to give them the medical care they need, closer to home thanks to the state’s 2003 health care liability reforms, according to the...
Avreco Announces Ill. Malpractice Carrier Reduces Rates by 25 Percent
Sep 6 2006 // Ill.-based wholesaler Avreco has announced that one of its carriers has significantly reduced its medical malpractice rates for standard doctors, as well hard-to-place doctors within Illinois and outside of Cook County, by...
Ahrens Named Health Care Provider Ombudsman for Texas DOI
Aug 27 2006 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin appointed Jennifer Ahrens as Health Care Provider Ombudsman for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Ahrens, formerly general counsel and Advisor for the Governor’s...
S.C. High Court Throws Out Medical Expert Licensing Rule
Aug 27 2006 // A new law requiring out-of-state doctors to get a temporary South Carolina medical license before testifying as experts in court has been suspended by the state Supreme Court. The court “cannot allow the...
Beecher Carlson Appoints Suter Senior Vice President
Aug 25 2006 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm, has expanded its National Healthcare practice with the appointment of Michael Suter as senior vice president. Suter brings more than 25 years...
Deadline for N.J. Med Mal Premium Subsidy Nears
Aug 24 2006 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) is accepting applications for the Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Premium Assistance Fund, a program that provides partial medical malpractice insurance...
N.D. Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Bogus Malpractice Insurance
Aug 17 2006 // A man who sold bogus medical malpractice insurance to Fargo’s Red River Women’s Clinic and other abortion providers has pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim...
Three Managed Care Groups Get $4.4 Billion for Hoosier Healthwise
Aug 8 2006 // Approximately 535,000 Indiana residents enrolled in the Hoosier Healthwise insurance program will gain more choices for their medical care on Jan. 1, 2007 through three managed care organizations, Indiana state officials...
Disclosure of Medical Errors Desirable but Difficult, Researchers Find
Aug 3 2006 // Disclosing medical errors made by physicians is extremely important yet often extremely difficult. Two University of Iowa studies examine why this is the case and how increased understanding might help patients, doctors...
Miscellaneous Health Care Facilities: Risk mixing and matching
Jul 24 2006 // Someone once said “change is inevitable,” and in the health care arena that truism rings a bell. It wasn’t so long ago that the only place a person would go for immediate treatment was the emergency room...
R.I. Adopts Multi-Pronged Health Care Affordability Program
Jul 7 2006 // The Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed the Health Care Affordability Act, a set of 14 bills intended to lower health insurance costs for small businesses, strengthen state control over provider expansion,...
