All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 19 2012 // Federal prosecutors say a Texas-based hospital system has paid millions of dollars to settle a false claims lawsuit.Christus Spohn Health System Corp. has paid the United States more than $5 million to settle allegations...
Jun 18 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
Jun 13 2012 // Although the frequency of malpractice claims brought against law firms in the U.S. appears to be leveling office, the number of large claims is rising sharply.A new study by insurance broker Ames & Gough finds a...
Jun 1 2012 // National healthcare reform legislation passed by Congress in 2010 may or may not survive consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the healthcare system already has been evolving in ways that are likely to proceed...
May 31 2012 // A bill its author says will provide a framework to measure damages when a plaintiff suffers injuries that passed the California Senate floor is being called by its detractors a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”...
May 30 2012 // Zurich has named Dan Nash its healthcare practice leader. Nash succeeds Patrick Lundy, who was recently appointed to head of Zurich’s Canada operations. Nash will be based in Chicago. Nash will focus on growing...
May 21 2012 // New York State regulators are expanding their effort to stop no-fault auto insurance fraud. The New York Department of Financial Services announced a draft regulation, Regulation 68, that would make it easier for insurers...
May 21 2012 // Like the economy, the workers’ compensation market has suffered in recent years. Results for 2011 were no better than 2010. The good news: results for the market were not worse either.The combined ratio held steady...
May 21 2012 // A Denver, Colo. lawyer has lost her liability insurance because part of her practice involves representing medical-marijuana businesses. The Denver Post reported the Hanover Insurance Group told Ann Toney it wouldn’t...
May 11 2012 // The medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) market continues to stand out as a relatively strong corner of the U.S. property/casualty business, with recent underwriting performance remaining favorable, according to...
May 9 2012 // Florida regulators are scrambling to fix a loophole in the state’s new auto no-fault insurance law that could affect medical payments to health care providers and trigger a spate of lawsuits against the law.Florida...
May 8 2012 // A Denver lawyer has lost her liability insurance because part of her practice involves representing medical-marijuana businesses. The Denver Post reported the Hanover Insurance Group told Ann Toney last month it...
May 4 2012 // Florida’s decade long attempt to reform the state’s automobile no-fault insurance law has finally paid off.Gov. Rick Scott, flanked by rows of law enforcement officials and state officials, signed into law...
May 4 2012 // Protective Specialty Insurance Co. will now offer an allied health medical professional liability product. It is designed for both entities and individuals in more than 250 subclasses. In addition to customized insurance...
May 2 2012 // New York State regulators are expanding their effort to stop no-fault auto insurance fraud.The New York Department of Financial Services announced on Tuesday a new draft regulation, Regulation 68, that would make it easier...
Apr 27 2012 // ACE USA’s ACE Medical Risk Division now offers an endorsement for hospice care eligibility requirements. This new enhanced hospice care eligibility recertification endorsement serves as an amendment to ACE’s...
Apr 26 2012 // IronHealth, Ironshore’s specialty healthcare unit, has entered into an agreement with The Sullivan Group, an international healthcare risk management and patient safety organization, to help clients manage risk...
Apr 23 2012 // Republicans in Congress are getting ready to answer an election-year question that has dogged the party’s campaign for months: How would it replace President Barack Obama’s healthcare law if the measure is...
Apr 19 2012 // It may become easier in the future for Massachusetts doctors to apologize for mistakes if an experiment by three major hospitals to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits succeeds.The program, called Disclosure, Apology and...
Apr 17 2012 // A Maine woman who sued a doctor for malpractice because she said he overprescribed her methadone has been awarded $1.9 million by a juryCharlene Whalen of Corinth sued Dr. Steven Weisberger, alleging the dosage of the...