Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA Comments on Wyoming Med-Mal Amendment
Jul 23 2004 // The special session of the Wyoming legislature ended on Saturday, July 17, following the passage of a constitutional amendment that would allow for caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. This measure...
Rightfield Solutions Joins with Pa. Insurer in Fight Against Rising Med-Mal Claims
Jul 22 2004 // An agreement announced recently by executives with Professional Casualty Association (PCA), a provider of insurance coverage to physicians in Pennsylvania, and Rightfield Solutions LLC, developers of Emmi, Expectation...
N.Y. MED-MAL RATES UP 7%:
Jul 19 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that the majority of New York State’s 50,000 physicians will see a 7 percent rate increase in their medical malpractice insurance premiums for the...
Harvard Studies: Flat Dollar Caps Unfair; Pa. Doctor Satisfaction Tied to Care
Jul 19 2004 // With about two-thirds of the United States facing what some experts describe as a medical malpractice crisis, a pair of studies show how liability concerns could be hurting patient care and also limiting patients’...
DMLR Launches Campaign in South Carolina
Jul 19 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, launched an aggressive advocacy campaign in the state of South Carolina...
Florida Senator Bill Nelson Continues to Fly New Missions
Jul 19 2004 // Flying New Missions Bill Nelson As his bio notes, as a child Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s...
Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk
Jul 19 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
Health-care Veteran Ruse Joins OHIC Board
Jul 8 2004 // Columbus, Ohio-based medical liability insurer OHIC Insurance Co. named former health-care administrator Bill Ruse to its board of directors. Ruse retired as president of the Blanchard Valley Health Association in 2001...
Coalition of Doctors Call on Kerry, Edwards to Support Med-Mal Reform
Jul 7 2004 // A coalition of more than 230,000 specialty physicians announced its dismay with John Kerry and John Edwards, two sitting U.S. Senators, who they say repeatedly vote against protecting patients, instead choosing to pander...
DMLR Launches Campaign in South Carolina
Jul 7 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, launched an aggressive advocacy campaign in the state of South Carolina...
AIA Applauds Wis. Supreme Court’s Med-Mal Ruling
Jul 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in wrongful death medical malpractice...
N.Y. Med-Mal Rates to Increase 7%
Jul 1 2004 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio today announced that the majority of New York State’s 50,000 actively practicing physicians will see a seven percent rate increase in...
Maryland Gov. Establishes Med-Mal Task Force
Jun 25 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Jr., announced the creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access and named the Honorable Raymond Thieme chairman. Gov. Ehrlich has directed the task...
Wyoming Committees Work on Special Session Bills
Jun 25 2004 // More than 30 bills have been drawn up for consideration in July’s special session on medical malpractice insurance. State House Speaker Fred Parady, R-Rock Springs, said he expects more to come, although many bills...
R.I. Session Nears End with Med-Mal Push
Jun 23 2004 // As the end of the 2004 legislative session draws near in Rhode Island, Rep. Peter T. Ginaitt says he is pushing hard for the passage of his legislation to change some of the state laws governing medical malpractice...
Mo. JUA Starts Taking Med-Mal Applications
Jun 21 2004 // Missouri’s new state-sponsored medical malpractice insurance program has begun accepting applications for coverage effective June 30 or later, the state’s insurance department announced recently. Physicians and...
OKLA. GOV. SIGNS TORT REFORM BILL:
Jun 21 2004 // After urging its passage, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed into law on May 28, 2004, House Bill 2661, a measure that proponents dubbed “a comprehensive tort reform bill.” In addition to Gov. Henry, the bill...
PLUS Symposium Reveals Hospital Prof. Liab. in Throes of Deceleration
Jun 21 2004 // The hospital professional liability market is in the throes of deceleration. While there is emerging competition, many more experienced carriers are exiting the marketplace and losses are coming in faster and are more...
Fla. Doctors Fed Up with Med-Mal Costs
Jun 18 2004 // Dr. Rene Loyola says he has given up just about everything to keep practicing medicine. The surgeon owns no home or land, and has no savings other than a retirement plan after 29 years in the profession. He says he...
Md. Doctors, Insurers Work on Med-Mal Fund
Jun 17 2004 // Maryland doctors, insurers and lawmakers are working to contain the skyrocketing cost of medical malpractice insurance, which medical professionals say is driving some doctors out of business and leaving residents without...
