All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2006 // Five years after the latest medical malpractice insurance “crisis” began to roil Pennsylvania and other parts of the nation, some say a balance has returned to the system here.But doctors and hospital...
Jan 1 2006 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey reported that a Mercer County neurologist, his former medical practice and four former medical diagnostic and/or medical equipment corporations, along with the former office...
Dec 30 2005 // From Maine to Virginia, many of the insurance headlines in 2005 dealt with compensation and reinsurance probes, just as they did across the country, casting the industry’s reputation in a bad light.But much of the...
Dec 30 2005 // In documents filed with state regulators and in statements to public officials, medical malpractice insurance companies consistently inflated the amount they estimated they would pay out in claims, according to a study by...
Dec 27 2005 // A Travis County, Texas, grand jury has indicted MedAlert Healthcare Systems Inc. and its president, Joseph Osei, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. MedAlert...
Dec 20 2005 // When Maryland’s physician quality board comes up for review during the next legislative session, some are calling for tougher measures to deal with doctors who are the subject of multiple complaints.Until 2003, state...
Dec 19 2005 // House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks. After receiving much thoughtful input from system participants, I am proud to...
Dec 19 2005 // Michigan-based Meadowbrook Insurance Group recently announced the availability of a medical malpractice liability insurance product for preferred physicians in Ohio. Insurance policies will be issued through...
Dec 18 2005 // Health Care Networks:A New Approach for Workers’ Compensation in Texas House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks....
Dec 15 2005 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has added features to its Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice Insurance program. Deductibles now can be lower than $2,500, the company said. The program features limits of $1...
Dec 8 2005 // Reducing medical malpractice lawsuits, reducing soaring health care costs and helping small businesses cope with the increased cost of employee insurance are targets on Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s 2006 legislative...
Dec 5 2005 // NAS Insurance Services has broadened its Non-Standard Medical Malpractice Insurance in several areas. The coverage is now available to virtually all physicians specialists — plastic/cosmetic surgeons, emergency room...
Dec 5 2005 // Impact Community Capital LLC, a consortium of major insurance companies, and NCB Development Corp. (NCBDC) have teamed up to offer as much as $50 million in low-interest loans to community health clinics that serve...
Dec 4 2005 // Montana House Bill 631 (Signed into law on April 8, 2005)Regulation: This law relates to the revision of surplus lines insurance law and provides that a policy may not be placed with an unauthorized insurer unless the...
Dec 4 2005 // Impact Community Capital LLC, a consortium of major insurance companies, and NCB Development Corp. (NCBDC) have teamed up to offer as much as $50 million in low-interest loans to community health clinics that serve...
Dec 2 2005 // House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks. After receiving much thoughtful input from system participants, I am proud to...
Nov 30 2005 // A Superior Court decision to award Palm Medical Group Inc. $1.13 million in a dispute with State Fund (Palm Medical Group v. State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)) may affect hundreds of other occupational clinics in...
Nov 23 2005 // Some potentially explosive lawmaking got off to a mellow start this week, as the City Council’s health committee heard testimony on a bill that seeks to reduce incidents of medical malpractice and bring down...
Nov 22 2005 // Impact Community Capital, a consortium of major insurance companies, and NCB Development Corp. (NCBDC) have teamed to offer as much as $50 million in low-interest loans to community health clinics that have difficulty...
Nov 21 2005 // The Indiana Department of Insurance adopted its final rule on the guidelines for medical records copying charges, increasing those charges over objections voiced last summer by state insurance associations. According to...