All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2019 // Medical professional liability insurer, ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., has been approved as an admitted carrier in Texas.The company said Texas regulators have approved its rate and forms filing, so ISMIE is now able to offer...
Jun 6 2019 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings of Birmingham, Ala.-based ProAssurance Corporation’s (PRA) subsidiaries at ‘A’ and downgraded its senior unsecured debt to...
Jun 5 2019 // CVS Health Corp. said it would offer expanded health services such as nutrition counseling and blood pressure screenings in 1,500 stores by the end of 2021, following through on plans announced during the pharmacy...
May 31 2019 // The number of legal malpractice claims resulting in larger multimillion dollar payouts – as well as the dollar amounts involved – has surged in the past year, with at least two settlements exceeding $250...
May 29 2019 // A recent ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court saying doctors can be sued for malpractice even if they’re not directly treating a patient is causing angst in the state’s medical and legal communities.The high...
May 6 2019 // Laws intended to reduce malpractice litigation by protecting doctors who want to apologize don’t work, according to a new Vanderbilt analysis of proprietary insurance data.It turns out people sue for money and an...
May 6 2019 // The use of telemedicine may be in its nascent stages within the workers’ compensation system, but the starting line has definitely been crossed with employers and workers’ comp insurers embracing the ability to...
Apr 29 2019 // Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based global insurance broker and risk management consultant, Gallagher, has appointed Rob Brinkerhoff managing director of the Healthcare Industry practice within the company’s Benefits and...
Apr 26 2019 // Coalition, a cyber insurance company for small and midsize businesses, has launched comprehensive coverage for healthcare companies.The healthcare-specific policy is designed to fully addresses the risk healthcare...
Apr 26 2019 // A doctor who prescribed more than 4 million opioid pills, including to a pregnant woman who later died, is one of more than 30 medical professionals in Tennessee charged with illegally prescribing and distributing millions...
Apr 17 2019 // Tyler, Texas-based medical providers, Pulmonary Specialists of Tyler and Sleep Health, will pay $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by federal regulators.According to the lawsuit filed by U.S....
Apr 17 2019 // ProAssurance Corporation has revised its management structure for its newly formed Specialty P&C operating division.As previously announced, Michael L. Boguski will assume the presidency of Specialty P&C on May 13,...
Apr 5 2019 // Laws intended to reduce malpractice litigation by protecting doctors who want to apologize don’t work, according to a new Vanderbilt analysis of proprietary insurance data.It turns out people sue for money and an...
Apr 2 2019 // If you get struck by lightning or bitten by a pig, a physician can record that information with a code shorter than your phone number.But if you can’t afford your bills, doctors and health plans have no consistent...
Apr 1 2019 // Two recent studies underscored the significance of misdiagnosis as a source of medical malpractice claims.Coverys, a malpractice carrier based in Boston, reported that a review of 1,800 closed claims against physicians...
Apr 1 2019 // Telemedicine, Breweries, Intellectual property, Nurseries and Cottage foodsInsurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes, challenges, expansions and growth in the past year. Here are five industry sectors and...
Mar 27 2019 // Most doctors have a license to practice medicine in just one state. Lindsey Mcilvena can practice in 26.“I’ve lost track a little bit,” she said of all her medical licenses. Mcilvena is a telemedicine...
Mar 21 2019 // QBE North America, an integrated specialist Insurer, has appointed Theresa M. Zimmerman global risk solutions lead for QBE Integrated Advantage for Healthcare. She is based in Omaha, Nebraska. The newly created role...
Mar 6 2019 // Illinois-based Rush System for Health says personal information from about 45,000 patients may have been compromised in a data breach. The health system said in a recent financial filing that the exposed data may include...
Mar 4 2019 // A King County, Wash., jury awarded a woman nearly $14 million in a medical-malpractice suit against Seattle Children’s Hospital and Children’s University Medical Group. The jury found doctors failed to prevent...