Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ore. Governor’s Plan Cuts Rural Doctors’ Professional Liability Insurance Costs
Mar 4 2004 // More than a thousand doctors in rural communities throughout Oregon are going to see reductions of up to eighty percent in their medical professional liability insurance costs this quarter as a result of a state...
Sierra Military Health Services Agrees to Acquisition of Contracts, Leases by Health Net
Mar 3 2004 // Sierra Military Health Services Inc. (SMHS), a subsidiary of Sierra Health Services Inc., announced that it has entered into a binding commitment with Health Net Federal Services (Health Net) of Rancho Cordova, California,...
Minn. House Committee OKs Med-Mal Limit
Mar 2 2004 // After deliberating whether it would hurt already injured patients and not lower health care costs, opponents of a measure that would limit damages in malpractice suits failed to strip the controversial provision from a...
AIA Urges Md. Senate Finance Committee to Improve Viability of Workers’ Comp System By Passing SB 466
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Wyo. Tort Reform Constitutional Amendment Fails
Feb 27 2004 // A proposed constitutional amendment to limit damage awards for medical malpractice is dead, but other cost-saving measures for doctors and insurance companies remain on the table. The other measures include reimbursing...
Tampa Medical Clinic Records Seized, Owners Arrested
Feb 25 2004 // Investigators with Florida’s Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud, seized hundreds of records from a medical clinic and arrested the three owners on charges of organized scheme to defraud,...
AMA Supports Oklahoma Medical Liability Reform Efforts
Feb 25 2004 // In a statement attributed to J. James Rohack, MD, chair-elect of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees, the AMA expressed its support for medical liability reform in Oklahoma. “The American Medical...
PIRRGA Obtains Regulatory Approval to Underwrite Med-Mal Insurance in Florida
Feb 24 2004 // Pediatricians Insurance Risk Retention Group of America (PIRRGA), a physician-owned and governed medical malpractice insurance company, has received notification of registration from the Florida Office of Insurance...
WASH. PHYSICIANS MEET WITH LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS MALPRACTICE CRISIS:
Feb 23 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...
Washington Commissioner Takes Med-Mal Crisis in Stride
Feb 23 2004 // Washington native Mike Kreidler was elected to the office of Insurance Commissioner in November 2000, taking office in January 2001. Before becoming Insurance Commissioner, Kreidler enjoyed a varied political career. He...
Medical Liability Reform Group Praising Senate Leaders for Their Efforts to Improve System
Feb 18 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH), an organization of health care providers and others dedicated to medical liability reform, this week praised new efforts by U.S. Senate leaders to bring balance...
Calif.-based Med-Mal Agency Changes Name
Feb 12 2004 // Laguna Hills, Calif.-based The Doctors Insurance Agency representing The Doctors Company (TDC), the nation’s largest doctor-owned professional liability insurance company, has announced the changing of its name from...
PCI Sees Potential for Pa. Medical Liability Cure
Feb 12 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America noted that members of the Pennsylvania Senate’s Judiciary Committee passed two bills on Tuesday that will allow the full Senate to debate reforms to the...
N.Y. Senate Hears Testimony on No-fault Frauds
Feb 11 2004 // The New York Senate’s Standing Committee on Insurance, heard from a number of interested parties, including various industry groups, regarding growing concerns about insurance fraud, particularly staged accidents,...
Frist Bullish on Chances for National Med-Mal Reform
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine. U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Optimistic as 2004 Unfolds
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine. U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Optimistic as 2004 Unfolds
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine. U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Optimistic as 2004 Unfolds
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine. U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Optimistic as 2004 Unfolds
Feb 9 2004 // He came to Washington, D.C., with a background steeped in medicine. U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Tennessee Republican Bill Frist has known first-hand the impact of the nation’s medical malpractice crisis and how...
AMA Supporting Debate on Ky. Medical Liability System
Feb 6 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) said it supports debate on Kentucky’s medical liability system. According to AMA President Donald Palmisano, “The American Medical Association believes the door should be...
