All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 10 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that a former Miami clinic owner and two of his medical staff were charged with fraudulently billing four insurance companies for treatments never...
Apr 10 2003 // The escalating health care crisis that has reportedly been jeopardizing patient access to quality medical care across the country is beginning to claim victims in other areas of American life as well, starting with...
Mar 28 2003 // The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee took a 180-degree turn from the direction of the House and approved legislation that would roll back rates back by 60 percent. The National Association of Independent...
Mar 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Mar 19 2003 // Rising claims costs, not stock market losses, are the real culprit behind increasing medical malpractice premiums for Illinois physicians, a policy analyst for the American Insurance Association (AIA) told legislators at a...
Mar 14 2003 // High medical malpractice rates were topic of a recent press conference held by the Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (TAOG), at which the organization released the results of a survey of patients and...
Mar 12 2003 // The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce has voiced its support for a bill introduced by Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-PA) that would limit pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice cases to $250,000. The Chamber has...
Mar 10 2003 // Emphasizing the urgency of medical malpractice reform in Texas, Gov. Rick Perry pushed forward his appeal for decisive legislative action to stop the medical lawsuit abuse crisis facing Texans.At a news conference at South...
Mar 10 2003 // As promised, the 78th Texas Legislature is on a roll with insurance reform, with one bill having been signed into law and many more in committees or on their way to the House and Senate floors. Among the proposed...
Mar 7 2003 // Recent results of a Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive® Health-Care Poll showed that more than half (58 percent) of adults in America favor new legislation to limit the costs of medical liability and reduce the...
Mar 7 2003 // Florida lawmakers must act on Governor Jeb Bush’s call for medical liability system reforms—including a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages—in order to end a crisis that is driving up healthcare costs and...
Mar 3 2003 // In State Representative Jim McReynolds’ latest “Capitol Report,” the legislator discussed three solutions to the problems of Texas medical malpractice system, the reform of which was declared one of the...
Mar 3 2003 // The House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on Health held a hearing last week to assess the need for medical liability reform legislation, H.R. 5. The full House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing on the same...
Mar 3 2003 // As the nation continues to face a medical malpractice crisis, the U.S. House of Representatives has sought the experience of Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP).CAPP is a broad-based coalition dedicated to...
Mar 3 2003 // Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell released a statement on Friday promising short-term economic relief for physicians struggling to pay medical malpractice premiums. The text is as follows:“Two months ago, I...
Feb 24 2003 // Skyrocketing insurance premiums, a dearth of companies writing medical malpractice insurance and doctors suspending their practices in protest are precipitating increased regulatory involvement and tort reform in the...
Feb 24 2003 // Earthquakes. Mudslides. Electricity and water shortages. The Los Angeles Clippers. California has its share of problems, no doubt. But there’s at least one thing going right in the Golden State. In 1975, California...
Feb 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Feb 24 2003 // Skyrocketing insurance premiums, a dearth of companies writing medical malpractice insurance and doctors suspending their practices in protest are precipitating increased regulatory involvement and tort reform in the...
Feb 20 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) responded to the findings of a recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Healthcare Poll on medical malpractice insurance. The poll showed that a strong majority of...