Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mass. May Cut Interest Paid on Med-Mal Awards
Jun 16 2004 // Leaders in the Massachusetts Legislature are mulling changes in the law governing medical malpractice lawsuits that would reduce the amount of money people harmed by malpractice will receive when they successfully sue, a...
Judge Orders N.J. Med-Mal Data Made Public
Jun 14 2004 // New Jersey patients soon will be able to use a new state Web site to obtain information about doctors, including details about malpractice claims they have settled. The release of the information cleared a legal hurdle...
Nevada Trial Lawyers Part of Petition Drive Coalition
Jun 11 2004 // The Nevada Trial Lawyers Association is supporting two statewide initiative petitions that critics say aim to overturn medical malpractice reforms. Trial Lawyers Association spokeswoman Vickie Riley confirmed the group is...
Many See Caps in Oklahoma Tort Reform Bill as Fair
Jun 8 2004 // Trial lawyers and doctors, who stood on opposite sides of the tort reform debate in the Oklahoma Legislature, seem to agree that the caps on non-economic damages in Oklahoma’s new law were a fair compromise, the...
Malpractice Insurer Exit From Mass. Worries Physicians
Jun 8 2004 // The impending departure of one of the few remaining commercial insurance companies offering liability coverage for physicians in Massachusetts is yet more evidence that the state faces a real crisis in professional...
Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk
Jun 7 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
PIAA, NPDB DATA SHOW MED-MAL COSTS STILL RISING:
Jun 7 2004 // Data compiled from the physician owned and/or operated medical liability insurers that make up the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) indicate that medical...
One-on-One with NIIA’s President Rick Aniello
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice is hot on the list of concerns for Nevada’s independent agents, and the state as a whole. With physicians leaving the state due to the lack of affordable med-mal coverage, the crisis has caught...
PLATTE RIVER APPROVED FOR HOSPITAL LIABILITY IN OKLAHOMA:
Jun 7 2004 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) announced that an affiliate, Platte River Insurance Company, has gained the approval of the Oklahoma Department of Insurance to write hospital professional liability coverage...
Wyoming Med-Mal Rates on the Rise
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice insurance rates are on the rise in Wyoming, and lawmakers anticipate being called into a special legislative session this summer to address the issue. The Doctors Co., which insures about 30 percent of...
Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk
Jun 7 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
Reaction Mixed to Idea of Special Session in Wyoming
Jun 1 2004 // Calling a special session to deal with rising medical malpractice insurance rates could be risky if nothing comes out of it, those involved in the debate said May 28. Legislative leaders opted to vote on whether to...
N.J. Med-Mal Subsidy Fund Approved
May 26 2004 // A remedy to hold down the escalating costs of medical malpractice insurance has received final approval from New Jersey lawmakers, two years after they first stated working on it. The bill would create a $78 million fund...
Darwin Makes Available Hospital Professional Liability Insurance for Oklahoma
May 21 2004 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) announced approval by the Oklahoma Department of Insurance of Platte River Insurance Company to write hospital professional liability coverage on an admitted basis in...
Okla. Tort Reform Committee Adopts ‘I’m Sorry’ Provision
May 21 2004 // The Oklahoma Senate reported that a special joint House-Senate Committee on Tort Reform has already adopted a provision lauded by medical professionals in a front page story in a Wall Street Journal as the most effective...
Mass. Doctors Decry Latest Malpractice Hike
May 18 2004 // Massachusetts doctors face their fourth straight year of double-digit malpractice insurance rate increases, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society, with the average rate from the region’s largest insurer...
Workers’ Comp on the Line
May 17 2004 // It looks like workers’ compensation will be the big insurance issue when the Texas Legislature meets again in 2005. The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently came under fire at the Insurance Council...
PCI Spurs Need for Medical Liability Reform; House Approves Legislation
May 13 2004 // The House on Wednesday approved medical liability reform legislation (H.R. 4280) as part of a package of health care related bills designed to help the economy. The measure is part of the Republicans’ “Careers...
CARH Praises House Vote on Med-Mal Reform
May 13 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a medical malpractice liability reform package as part of its “Cover the Uninsured Week” and...
A.M. Best Affirms FSR and Debt Ratings of Sierra Health Services
May 13 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of B+ (Very Good) of Sierra Health Services Inc.’s (Sierra) core HMO, Health Plan of Nevada Inc (both of Las Vegas, Nev.), and its health insurance company,...
