All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 14 2010 // Concerns about malpractice suits influence how often cardiologists order some potentially unnecessary tests — resulting in significant variations in healthcare use and spending across the United States, according to...
Apr 12 2010 // Chartis will now offer storage of electronic personal health records to clients worldwide through a strategic alliance with MMR Information Systems. The Chartis insurers will initially offer this access to electronic...
Apr 1 2010 // A fund that helps Wisconsin health care providers pay medical malpractice claims is in poor financial shape after lawmakers raided $200 million to balance the budget, auditors have warned.The Injured Patients and Families...
Mar 25 2010 // The Missouri Supreme Court has slightly narrowed the scope of a 2005 state law limiting how much money can be awarded to people in medical malpractice cases.The high court’s March 23 ruling provided a victory for...
Mar 22 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has struck a cap on medical malpractice awards imposed in 2005 as part of a package of legislative tort reforms.The state’s high court said the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical...
Mar 19 2010 // Medicus Insurance Co. has created an endorsement that gives insureds coverage for unintentional network security, billing, regulatory and privacy violations. The new endorsement is called Medicus Advantage Gold.The Medicus...
Mar 17 2010 // A woman who sued after surgery for a broken leg left her partially paralyzed has been awarded $19.2 million by a federal court jury in Chattanooga that also returned a $3 million verdict for her husband. The Chattanooga...
Mar 17 2010 // In a move Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says validates Texas’ medical malpractice laws, the Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s 10-year limitation, or statute of repose, on filing medical...
Mar 15 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the state’s 2005 tort reform legislation that limits the liability of emergency room medical care providers.The 4-3 ruling turned aside complaints that the law is unconstitutional...
Mar 10 2010 // Ironshore Inc. has introduced an environmental insurance program to help healthcare facilities manage environmental liability exposures and curtail restitution expenses. Ironshore’s Environmental Insurance division...
Mar 7 2010 // The consulting and actuarial firm, Milliman, reports that the Illinois Supreme Court’s overturn of caps on non-economic damages in medical liability cases will increase claim costs in that state. It’s thought...
Feb 23 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance reported it has observed increased competition and 10 percent decrease in premium paid in the medical malpractice line of insurance since reforms were enacted in 2005.The Department of...
Feb 23 2010 // IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker announced that Brent Hartman has joined the company’s health risk management practice, Life IQ, in the Denver office.Life IQ is IMA’s multidisciplinary...
Feb 22 2010 // Free-standing legislation introduced by Reps. Betsy Markey of Colorado and Thomas Perriello of Virginia to amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers no longer includes text to remove the limited antitrust...
Feb 21 2010 // The Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report for 2008 shows a total of 3,080 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2008 by 93 insurance entities.The average payment per closed claim was...
Feb 18 2010 // Democrats appear to be removing medical malpractice insurers from a bill to eliminate the antitrust exemption for health insurers in the McCarran-Ferguson Act.According to Politico.com, Democratic aides in the House said...
Feb 9 2010 // Maine-based insurer Acadia Insurance is offering an expanded property and casualty coverage program for medical offices and facilities in New England and New York.The Acadia Rx Medical Office Program includes specialized...
Feb 5 2010 // The American Bar Association says the Illinois Supreme Court was right in striking down as unconstitutional the caps on non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases.Insurer groups, however, say the decision will...
Feb 4 2010 // The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday declared unconstitutional a 2005 state law that capped damage awards for a plaintiff’s pain and suffering at $500,000 against doctors and $1 million against hospitals.It was the...
Feb 3 2010 // In its fourth annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report the Ohio Insurance Department shows a total of 3,080 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2008. The amount of compensation paid...