All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2009 // A powerful Florida state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor’s visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical...
Oct 26 2009 // The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud,...
Oct 23 2009 // Rockhill Underwriting Management has established a new underwriting division focused on serving specific segments of the healthcare industry.The unit will be led by Rob Jurgel, who has 20 years of experience in the...
Oct 23 2009 // Illinois Director of Insurance Michael McRaith has suspended the operations of medical liability insurer Professional Liability Insurance Company of America (PLICA). Under the Department of Insurance order dated Oct. 22,...
Oct 22 2009 // Democrats in Congress moved Wednesday to repeal the health insurance industry’s exemption from antitrust laws, cranking up the pressure in a growing battle over President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform...
Oct 22 2009 // President Barack Obama’s willingness to consider alternatives to medical malpractice lawsuits is providing a boost for taking such cases out of the courtroom and letting experts, not juries, decide their merits.The...
Oct 22 2009 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has launched a new Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) liability diagnostic tool for private companies domiciled in the UK. “The service is free to clients...
Oct 21 2009 // Illinois-based RLI announced a new non-profit healthcare organization and executive liability policy, which will include expanded coverage and simplified policy language.“Our contract will be shorter —...
Oct 20 2009 // Republicans will seek amendments to parts of the Democrat’s healthcare reform they oppose, rather than push for an alternative plan to overhaul the $2.5 trillion system, a key senator said Monday.Conservatives are...
Oct 19 2009 // A new report shows a continuing trend of recovery for the medical malpractice industry in Florida that had been experiencing double-digit rate increases and lack of availability prior to legislative reforms enacted in...
Oct 15 2009 // There are “strong indications” that the justifications for the insurance industry’s limited antitrust exemption that existed in 1945, when McCarran-Ferguson was enacted, are no longer valid, an Obama...
Oct 15 2009 // New Hampshire will ask the state Supreme Court today to support its claim to $110 million in surplus from a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance.The central question is whether the fund’s policyholders have a...
Oct 14 2009 // The ability to reasonably estimate the amount a plaintiff can recover for medical expenses is a key component in properly evaluating a personal injury claim.Because negotiations between the payor (the patient, a private...
Oct 12 2009 // Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said in a reversal that puts the issue back...
Oct 8 2009 // A new report shows a continuing trend of recovery for the medical malpractice industry in Florida that had been experiencing double-digit rate increases and lack of availability prior to legislative reforms enacted in...
Oct 5 2009 // The White House says it has allocated $25 million in grants to states for a pilot program that would seek to ease the impact of malpractice suits on the U.S. medical system, as President Barack Obama pushes for sweeping...
Sep 30 2009 // The Illinois Supreme Court has sided with health care providers who treated a mentally ill man who subsequently murdered his wife.In Brenda Tedrick, Adm’r Of The Estate Of Teresa Street, Deceased, et al., V....
Sep 24 2009 // The secret to fixing healthcare in the United States is to focus on value, a measure that takes into account both quality and cost, says Dr. Denis Cortese, president of the Mayo Clinic.The Rochester, Minnesota-based...
Sep 21 2009 // The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center says some patients at one of its hospitals in northwestern Pennsylvania have been exposed to an unspecified “health risk.” UPMC says the patients who recently had...
Sep 21 2009 // The state Supreme Court unanimously threw out a 2006 Washington law that requires an injured patient to get a certificate of merit from an expert before suing for medical malpractice.The high court ruled that the law...