Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana Medical Clinic Cyberattack Compromises Data of 130K Patients
Oct 25 2019 // Montana hospital officials have confirmed a data breach may have compromised the personal information of about 130,000 medical clinic patients. The Daily Inter Lake reported that Kalispell Regional Healthcare employees...
North Carolina Health System Alerts Customers to Data Breach
Oct 22 2019 // A health system that serves western North Carolina has contacted an undisclosed number of people about a data breach involving its e-commerce website. The Citizen-Times reports Mission Health said it recently...
Ratings of Members of Kansas Medical Mutual Group Downgraded
Oct 21 2019 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) to “bbb+” from “a-” of Kansas Medical Mutual...
Quarter of U.S. Health Care Spending Is Waste
Oct 21 2019 // Approximately 25% of spending in the U.S. health care system can be characterized as waste. That’s between $760 billion and $935 billion annually. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
Medical Provider Fraud: The Most Common Schemes to Watch For
Oct 21 2019 // While most insurance claims are legitimate, studies indicate that 10% or more of all property/casualty insurance claims are fraudulent. In the workers’ compensation industry, combatting fraud can seem like a game of...
Price Forbes Launches U.S. Healthcare Practice Headed by JLT Hires
Oct 15 2019 // London-based specialty broker Price Forbes has launched a U.S. healthcare practice headed by market veterans Paul Voller and David Fairbank, who are joining from JLT Group. Based out of London the practice will focus on...
Berkshire’s MedPro Acquires Swiss Re Corporate Health Care Liability Business
Oct 14 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway health care liability insurance unit MedPro Group has agreed to acquire the healthcare professional liability business of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions effective Oct. 11. The agreement includes hospital...
Florida Panhandle Facing Uphill Battle in Recovery One Year after Michael
Oct 11 2019 // A year after Hurricane Michael, the Florida county hardest hit by the Category 5 storm is still in crisis: Thousands in Bay County are homeless, medical care and housing are at a premium, domestic violence has become a...
25% of U.S. Health Care Spending Is Waste. Here’s Where to Find It.
Oct 8 2019 // Approximately 25 percent of spending in the U.S. health care system can be characterized as waste. That’s between $760 billion and $935 billion annually. A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical...
How Emerging Risks for Medical Device Manufacturers Create Opportunities for Agents
Oct 7 2019 // The medical device industry is an expanding market with significant growth forecasted over the next decade. According to KPMG data, global predictions reveal the life sciences sector will grow by more than 5% per year,...
Risk Strategies Appoints Gabbard as Senior Vice President to Health Care Practice
Sep 24 2019 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed health care industry veteran Brad W. Gabbard as a senior vice president to its national health care...
Bill Would Allow Service Members to Sue Military for Medical Malpractice
Sep 16 2019 // U.S. Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) have introduced legislation to allow active duty service members to sue the military for medical malpractice and negligence. A Supreme Court decision in 1950...
Medical Malpractice Insurer Ordered into Rehabilitation in Kansas
Sep 16 2019 // A medical professional liability insurance provider serving nearly 500 medical professionals in Missouri and Kansas has been placed into rehabilitation after the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) found the company’s...
Reuters: How Court Lets Merck Hide Baldness Drug Propecia’s Risks
Sep 12 2019 // By the time Kelly Pfaff got home from driving her son to school that morning, it was too late. Her husband, John, was supposed to be taking their 4-year-old daughter to school. But the girl and the nanny were still at the...
Doctors, State Settle Iowa Woman’s Malpractice Claim for $2.5M
Sep 5 2019 // The state of Iowa and a group of doctors at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City will pay a Fairfield woman $2.5 million after she lost both legs to amputation and became paralyzed after what she claimed was a...
Kansas Takes Control of Medical Malpractice Insurer
Sep 3 2019 // The Kansas insurance commissioner will take supervisory control of a company that provides malpractice insurance to nearly 500 medical professionals in Missouri and Kansas. A Shawnee County judge last week placed...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Hires DellaCroce to Healthcare Practice in New Jersey
Aug 26 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global leader in insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services, has hired Anthony DellaCroce to its team in New Jersey as an area vice president for the Healthcare Practice,...
Missing Drive Has Health Patient Info of Nevada’s Largest Healthcare Provider
Aug 14 2019 // The largest health care provider in northern Nevada says some of its patients’ private information was stored on a thumb drive that’s been missing since June 30. Renown Health said in a letter sent to patients...
Misdiagnosis a Leading Cause of Medical Malpractice Claims, Studies Show
Jul 30 2019 // Two recent research papers both point to the significance of diagnostic errors as a source of medical malpractice claims. A peer-reviewed paper published in Diagnosis on July 11 found that inaccurate or delayed diagnoses...
Costs, Underinsurance Bigger Challenge Than Uninsured in U.S. Health System
Jul 29 2019 // America’s much-maligned health care system is covering 9 out of 10 people, a fact that hasn’t stopped the 2020 presidential candidates from refighting battles about how to provide coverage, from Bernie...
