Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MedAlert Healthcare Systems Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 27 2005 // A Travis County, Texas, grand jury has indicted MedAlert Healthcare Systems Inc. and its president, Joseph Osei, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. MedAlert...
Maryland Physicians with Complaints Could Face Tougher Review
Dec 20 2005 // When Maryland’s physician quality board comes up for review during the next legislative session, some are calling for tougher measures to deal with doctors who are the subject of multiple complaints. Until 2003,...
Health Care Networks: A New Approach for Workers’ Compensation in Texas
Dec 19 2005 // House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks. After receiving much thoughtful input from system participants, I am proud to...
Meadowbrook to Offer Malpractice Insurance in Ohio
Dec 19 2005 // Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group recently announced the availability of a medical malpractice liability insurance product for preferred physicians in Ohio. Insurance policies will be issued through...
Opinion
Dec 18 2005 // Health Care Networks: A New Approach for Workers’ Compensation in Texas House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks....
NAS Adds to Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice Program
Dec 15 2005 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has added features to its Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice Insurance program. Deductibles now can be lower than $2,500, the company said. The program features limits of $1...
Ky. Governor’s Agenda Targets Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Dec 8 2005 // Reducing medical malpractice lawsuits, reducing soaring health care costs and helping small businesses cope with the increased cost of employee insurance are targets on Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s 2006 legislative...
NAS Broadens Non-Standard Medical Malpractice Insurance
Dec 5 2005 // NAS Insurance Services has broadened its Non-Standard Medical Malpractice Insurance in several areas. The coverage is now available to virtually all physicians specialists — plastic/cosmetic surgeons, emergency room...
Major Insurers, Non-Profits Launch Community-based Healthcare Initiative Impact
Dec 5 2005 // Impact Community Capital LLC, a consortium of major insurance companies, and NCB Development Corp. (NCBDC) have teamed up to offer as much as $50 million in low-interest loans to community health clinics that serve...
Regulation of Surplus Lines
Dec 4 2005 // Montana House Bill 631 (Signed into law on April 8, 2005) Regulation: This law relates to the revision of surplus lines insurance law and provides that a policy may not be placed with an unauthorized insurer unless the...
Major Insurers, Non-Profits Launch Community-based Healthcare Initiative Impact
Dec 4 2005 // Impact Community Capital LLC, a consortium of major insurance companies, and NCB Development Corp. (NCBDC) have teamed up to offer as much as $50 million in low-interest loans to community health clinics that serve...
Texas Health Care Networks: A New Approach for Workers’ Compensation
Dec 2 2005 // House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks. After receiving much thoughtful input from system participants, I am proud to...
Superior Court Decision May Impact Occupational and Medical Clinics
Nov 30 2005 // A Superior Court decision to award Palm Medical Group Inc. $1.13 million in a dispute with State Fund (Palm Medical Group v. State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)) may affect hundreds of other occupational clinics in...
D.C. Council Takes Up Med-Mal Reform But Bypasses Caps
Nov 23 2005 // Some potentially explosive lawmaking got off to a mellow start this week, as the City Council’s health committee heard testimony on a bill that seeks to reduce incidents of medical malpractice and bring down...
Insurers, Nonprofits Offer Low-Income Loans to Health Clinics
Nov 22 2005 // Impact Community Capital, a consortium of major insurance companies, and NCB Development Corp. (NCBDC) have teamed to offer as much as $50 million in low-interest loans to community health clinics that have difficulty...
Indiana DOI Increases Copying Charges
Nov 21 2005 // The Indiana Department of Insurance adopted its final rule on the guidelines for medical records copying charges, increasing those charges over objections voiced last summer by state insurance associations. According to...
Washington Voters Reject Malpractice Caps
Nov 21 2005 // Voters in this month’s election voted no to a pair of Washington ballot proposals that would have, if passed, reportedly protected patients and removed a burden for doctors when it comes to climbing malpractice...
Washington Voters Reject Malpractice Caps
Nov 20 2005 // Voters in this month’s election voted no to a pair of Washington ballot proposals that would have, if passed, reportedly protected patients and removed a burden for doctors when it comes to climbing malpractice...
Houston’s Mid-Continent Teams with ASPN to Provide Liability Coverage for Health Care Professionals
Nov 15 2005 // Aon Specialty Product Network (ASPN) announced it has partnered with Mid-Continent General Agency, a managing general underwriter and program manager based in Houston, to provide liability insurance products for health...
Auto Fraud Case Link Suspected as Discarded Medical Records Discovered in Longwood, Fla.
Nov 15 2005 // A trash bin in Longwood, Fla. near Orlando has revealed boxes of medical records containing photographs, names, Social Security numbers and other personal information about chiropractic patients in Lawrence, Mass. treated...
