All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 26 2004 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) has responded positively to Governor Ed Rendell’s recently announced medical liability reform proposals (See IJ Web site Mar.25).“We are...
Mar 26 2004 // Medical Protective Co., which provides malpractice insurance for 200 doctors located mainly in southern Nevada, has filed for a 24 percent rate increase.The state Insurance Division says MedPro wants the increase to take...
Mar 25 2004 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell yesterday offered new proposals to address Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice situation. The proposals supplement those he offered in June 2003.“Court statistics released...
Mar 25 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement Thursday as it keeps its eyes on the medical liability climate in Florida. The following comments are attributed to Donald Palmisano, president, of AMA.“The...
Mar 25 2004 // Dan Ramsey, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (IIAOK), in a recent State Capitol Report issued an alert to IIAOK members, urging them to become active in efforts to secure meaningful tort...
Mar 22 2004 // An effort by the U.S. Senate to reform the nation’s medical liability system by placing reasonable caps on non-economic damages fell short late last month, reportedly leaving the future of reform legislation in doubt...
Mar 19 2004 // A New Hampshire bill mandating that medical malpractice cases be screened by a special panel before being allowed to go to court has won House approval, 203-113.A medical provider, judge and a lawyer would serve on the...
Mar 19 2004 // A convincing case can be made for government involvement in providing medical malpractice insurance for high-cost claims and shortcomings in some such arrangements, such as Pennsylvania’s Mcare fund, are due to...
Mar 17 2004 // Compensation Risk Managers announced from its Poughkeepsie headquarters that its Healthcare Industry Trust of New York (HITNY) product remains on solid financial ground and continues to provide “high quality,...
Mar 15 2004 // New Jersey lawmakers in the Assembly are scheduled to vote on medical malpractice, patient safety and rate regulation legislation today, after votes were delayed last week.The medical malpractice funding bill creates a $90...
Mar 10 2004 // Ohio’s Medical Malpractice Commission has released its interim report (PDF) to the governor and members of the General Assembly, recommending actions that could help stabilize medical malpractice rates in...
Mar 9 2004 // Los Angeles-based SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance, reported results for its fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2003. The company also announced that its Board of Directors has...
Mar 8 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH), an organization of health care providers and others dedicated to medical liability reform, recently praised new efforts by U.S. Senate leaders to bring balance...
Mar 8 2004 // A proposed constitutional amendment to limit damage awards for medical malpractice died in the Wyoming legislature, but other cost-saving measures for doctors and insurance companies remain on the table.The other measures...
Mar 5 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. announced its support for House Bill 5204 and Senate Bill 60 when it recently provided written testimony to the Insurance and Real Estate Committee and the Program...
Mar 4 2004 // More than a thousand doctors in rural communities throughout Oregon are going to see reductions of up to eighty percent in their medical professional liability insurance costs this quarter as a result of a state...
Mar 3 2004 // Sierra Military Health Services Inc. (SMHS), a subsidiary of Sierra Health Services Inc., announced that it has entered into a binding commitment with Health Net Federal Services (Health Net) of Rancho Cordova, California,...
Mar 2 2004 // After deliberating whether it would hurt already injured patients and not lower health care costs, opponents of a measure that would limit damages in malpractice suits failed to strip the controversial provision from a...
Mar 2 2004 // On Tuesday, the American Insurance Association (AIA) testified before the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of critical workers’ compensation legislation that would reportedly enable Maryland – like...
Feb 27 2004 // A proposed constitutional amendment to limit damage awards for medical malpractice is dead, but other cost-saving measures for doctors and insurance companies remain on the table.The other measures include reimbursing...