Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tenn. Commissioner Briefs Lawmakers on Reciprocals in Receivership
Feb 11 2003 // Tennessee Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance Paula A. Flowers briefed the state’s House of Representatives on the department’s placement of three malpractice insurance reciprocals into...
PA Hospitals Applaud Medical Liability Insurance Reform Bill
Feb 11 2003 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) praised the efforts of Congressmen Jim Greenwood (R-Erwinna) and John Murtha (D-Johnstown) for reintroducing the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost,...
AAI URGES CONGRESS TO ADOPT MED-MAL REFORMS
Feb 10 2003 // Rodger Lawson, president of the Alliance of American Insurers, has urged Congress to enact meaningful medical malpractice liability reforms, in order to avert a growing crisis. Lawson called the medical malpractice reform...
Fla. Coalition Praises Med Mal Task Force Report
Feb 5 2003 // The Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida, which includes Florida’s hospitals, doctors and major business groups, applauded the final report of a task force studying the state’s medical liability crisis,...
Washington Physicians Urge Legislators for Medical Liability Reform
Feb 4 2003 // Nearly 300 physicians from across Washington state met in Olympia to urge legislators to pass medical liability reform recently. Washington physicians, reeling from rapidly increasing medical malpractice premiums, are...
Malpractice Insurers Placed Under Supervision in Tenn.
Feb 3 2003 // Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Paula A. Flowers announced that three malpractice insurers—Doctors Insurance Reciprocal RRG, American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal RRG and the Reciprocal Alliance RRG—were...
Fitch Reports It Is Too Early to Determine Impact of Doctor Walkouts
Jan 30 2003 // Recent and planned walkouts by surgeons protesting escalating malpractice insurance costs is gaining attention, however Fitch Ratings reports it is too early to tell what, if any, impact these walkouts may have on...
Western PA Hospital Council Comments on President’s Med Mal Reform Proposals
Jan 30 2003 // The Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania (HCWP) applauded the remarks made by President Bush in his State of the Union address Tuesday night on medical malpractice reform, noting that it had pushed the issue into the...
Alliance Calls WV Med Mal Reform Proposals “Good First Step”
Jan 21 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers praised the efforts of West Virginia’s House of Representatives in passing a medical malpractice insurance reform bill last week as a “step in the right direction,” and...
AAI Urges Congress to Adopt Med-Mal Reforms
Jan 17 2003 // Rodger Lawson, president of the Alliance of American Insurers, has urged Congress to enact meaningful medical malpractice liability reforms, in order to avert a growing crisis fed, in part, by the growing number and size...
PA Governor, Hospitals Support President’s Call for Med Mal Reform
Jan 17 2003 // Pennsylvania’s Governor Schweiker and The Hospital & Healthsystem Association lined up behind the state’s doctors in supporting President Bush’s call for comprehensive reforms the nation’s...
New BCBS Survey Points to Impact of Med-Mal Crisis
Jan 16 2003 // The nation’s medical malpractice insurance crisis is threatening healthcare costs and access to care, according to a new survey of the 42 Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies. Blue Plans believe that because...
Doctors Pen Letter to Pres. Bush Regarding Med-Mal Crisis
Jan 16 2003 // Following remarks by President Bush, Thursday in Scranton, Pa., where he addressed the medical malpractice insurance crisis sweeping the nation, a letter was forwarded to the White House from a group of doctors. January...
W.Va. Surgeons’ Med Mal Strike May Ease as Polemics Continue
Jan 13 2003 // The work stoppage by a number of West Virginia surgeons protesting the high cost of medical malpractice insurance showed signs of easing, as several doctors indicated they would return to their posts. The decision comes at...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
Med-Mal Mayhem
Jan 13 2003 // Will medical malpractice problems initiate the industry’s crisis for 2003 in the way that mold mania swept Texas and many other states in 2002, creating havoc in the homeowners insurance market? If you read the...
Montemayor Sends Biennial Report, Recommendations to Lawmakers
Jan 13 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor recently submitted the Biennial Report, required under Section 32.022 of the Insurance Code, to Texas legislators suggesting needed changes in laws relating to insurance...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
Book Says Med-Mal Legislation Discriminates
Jan 10 2003 // A new book on medical malpractice in Texas, by Fort Worth attorney Dan Barrett, claims Republicans are discriminating against the elderly and the poor in bills to be considered in the upcoming legislative...
Kentucky Commissioner Releases Med-Mal Proposal
Jan 8 2003 // Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Janie A. Miller announced a series of recommendations to address the medical malpractice insurance market in Kentucky. The recommendations were developed after months of...
