Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Take Two: Looking at the Med-Mal Crisis from Both Sides
Oct 25 2004 // National editor Andrea Ortega-Wells recently moderated a “Take Two” debate discussing the hot topic of medical malpractice, and what, if any, reforms are needed. The debate featured Paula Sweeney, partner with...
President Bush Tackles Medical Liability Reform During Pa. Visit
Oct 21 2004 // President George W. Bush used a visit to the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pennsylvania on Thursday to address the matters of medical liability reform and health care. Joined by his daughter on the campaign...
Wyo. Healthcare Commission Lauded by CARH
Oct 21 2004 // Wyoming Healthcare Commission was lauded Thursday by the Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Healthcare (CARH) for reportedly showing evidence, once again, that capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases...
Study: Caps Would Save Companies 15 Percent
Oct 20 2004 // Groups for and against capping noneconomic damage awards for medical malpractice both claimed that a Wyoming Healthcare Commission report upholds their positions. The study suggests that capping noneconomic damages at...
Md. Leaders Optimistic Over Med-Mal Session
Oct 18 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich and top legislative leaders emerged from a meeting in the governor’s mansion last Thursday, holding out hope of a special legislative session next month to deal with a medical malpractice...
N.J. AG Notes Racketeering Convictions of Pair in Multi-Million Dollar Staged Accident Conspiracy
Oct 16 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Union County man and a Middlesex County man were convicted this week of racketeering, conspiracy, Health Care Claims Fraud and theft for their roles in a...
Pa. Hospitals Say New Liability Survey Backs Need for Medical Reforms
Oct 14 2004 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) issued the following statement from President and CEO Carolyn Scanlan in response to Pennsylvania-specific medical liability reform polling data released...
Texas Employers, Medical Providers Join Forces to Fix Workers’ Comp System
Oct 13 2004 // Texas’ workers’ compensation system is one of the worst in the nation with skyrocketing costs, mediocre care and a poor record of getting workers back on the job, according to Texans for Workers’...
Wy. Doctors Surveyed on Med-Mal Tail Coverage
Oct 12 2004 // Wyoming physicians plan to seek at least $2 million from a new state low-interest loan program to help doctors cover any malpractice claims while switching insurance carriers or retiring. An informal survey sent to...
According to Study, Insurers Continue to Price-Gouge Doctors Despite Falling Med-Mal Payouts
Oct 12 2004 // With the issue of medical malpractice and “tort reform” becoming an increasingly discussed topic this election year, Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) announced the release of a new study of medical...
Climbing Medical Insurance Rates Challenge N.C. Economy, Says DMLR
Oct 10 2004 // North Carolina’s economic woes are reportedly well-known, with textile mills shutting down, a less-than encouraging national financial outlook, and lengthy lines at the unemployment office. The situation may continue...
PIAA: Both Presidential Tickets Recognize Medical Crisis; Kerry-Edwards Fails to Embrace the Solution
Oct 8 2004 // Both candidates in the vice presidential debate on Tuesday evening, Oct. 5 acknowledged the ongoing medical liability crisis in the United States, according to the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), an...
Higher Malpractice Rates Looming for Colorado Doctors
Oct 8 2004 // The biggest medical malpractice insurer in Colorado said it is preparing for its largest rate increase in 16 years. COPIC Insurance said it is notifying 6,000 doctors of a 15.9 percent rate increase, taking insurance to an...
Malpractice Claims Drop in Okla. a Year After Reforms
Oct 7 2004 // Reforms to Oklahoma’s civil justice system passed last year have contributed to a drop in medical malpractice cases, officials say. “Our claims have gone down as dramatically, if not more dramatically, than...
Md. Docs Postpone Surgery Slowdown
Oct 6 2004 // Four Washington County, Maryland doctors have agreed to an indefinite delay of their plan to halt non-emergency surgery to protest a 33 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance premiums. After a meeting with Gov....
Cheney, Edwards Spar Over Medical Liability Issue During VP Debate
Oct 6 2004 // Around and around they went. For some 90 minutes, Vice President Dick Cheney and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards debated and most often, disagreed on the issues, during the first and only Vice Presidential debate Tuesday...
PCI: Connecticut Needs to Make Common Sense Reforms to Medical Liability System
Oct 5 2004 // Connecticut urgently needs to make common-sense reforms to its medical liability system in order to preserve patients’ legal rights while protecting affordable patient care and enhancing the stability of the...
U.S. Human Services Chief Thompson Hopes ‘Early Offers’ Pilot Will Reduce Medical Error Litigation
Sep 22 2004 // Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has announced an “Early Offers” pilot program aimed at encouraging settlements of patients claiming to have been injured by medical mistakes. HHS...
Making of a Malpractice Mess in N.H.: The Son, the Lab and the Lawyer
Sep 20 2004 // From Concord, New Hampshire comes a tale about a laboratory, a lawyer and an alienated family. It resulted in a lost lab, a legal mess—and questionable conduct by the lawyer, according to the state Supreme Court...
Ill.’s Gov. Blagojevich Appoints Ex-Judge to Mediate Med-Mal Negotiations
Sep 17 2004 // After months of partisan and special interest stalemate over medical malpractice reform in the Illinois General Assembly, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has appointed a former judge and hospital lawyer to mediate ongoing...
