All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 17 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Very Good) from B+ (Very Good) of Sierra Health Services Inc.’s core HMO subsidiaries, Health Plan of Nevada Inc. (both of Las Vegas, Nev.), and its...
Nov 16 2004 // In what state legislators call a looming medical malpractice insurance crisis, the debate has focused on trial lawyers and incompetent doctors.Less attention has been paid to the Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society...
Nov 16 2004 // The Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission will hold its 18th meeting tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST. The commission will hear testimony regarding the feasibility of a patient compensation fund, the effectiveness of medical...
Nov 16 2004 // In an effort to help alleviate the shortage of affordable workers’ compensation insurance for California’s sizable health care industry workforce, Compensation Risk Managers (CRM) has begun offering coverage to...
Nov 15 2004 // After narrowly losing in the Nov. 2 election, Oregon doctors who pushed for a cap on jury awards in malpractice lawsuits are preparing to take their fight to another arena: the 2005 Legislature.The physicians won’t...
Nov 15 2004 // The rate of serious medical errors committed by first-year doctors in training in two intensive care units (ICUs) at a Boston hospital fell significantly when traditional 30-hour-in-a-row extended work shifts were...
Nov 9 2004 // The number of medical malpractice claims filed and paid is declining in Missouri, yet physicians’ premiums are rising, according to a report from the state Insurance Department.New medical malpractice claims dropped...
Nov 8 2004 // Groups for and against capping noneconomic damage awards for medical malpractice both claimed that a Wyoming Healthcare Commission report upholds their positions.The study suggests that capping noneconomic damages at...
Nov 8 2004 // Democratic legislative leaders worked late last week to revive a stalled attempt to do something about the 33 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance premiums that some Maryland doctors say threatens to drive...
Nov 5 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Healthcare (CARH) has issued a resounding call to action in the wake of this week’s election results.Medical liability reform gained momentum on Tuesday with a successful...
Nov 5 2004 // After years of fighting over medical malpractice, doctors and lawyers who represent victims aren’t going to declare peace just because voters approved a few new amendments in the Florida Constitution.Both groups of...
Nov 3 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR) said North Carolina patients and physicians will see another supporter of national medical liability reform in the U.S. Senate come January 2005.On Tuesday, North Carolina voters...
Nov 3 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) voiced pleasure in the re-election of President George W. Bush on Wednesday.In a statement, John Nelson, AMA president, remarked: “The American Medical Association today...
Nov 3 2004 // Voters handed victories to both sides Tuesday in the war between Florida doctors and lawyers, adopting a hotly contested constitutional amendment backed by Florida doctors but also endorsing two amendments pushed by...
Nov 2 2004 // Republicans were three times as likely as Democrats to blame rising health costs on malpractice lawsuits, according to a poll conducted for The (Baltimore) Sun, and Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to blame...
Nov 1 2004 // Doctors at several Maryland hospitals who are fed up with rising medical malpractice insurance costs are considering doing without the coverage, or “going bare.”The strategy, used by thousands of Florida...
Nov 1 2004 // Actuary J. Robert Hunter has reportedly published another bogus analysis of the medical malpractice insurance industry, once again using one of his front groups, Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR), as the...
Nov 1 2004 // Several residents said they were offended to receive a letter from a state legislator asking them to vote against two constitutional amendments tied to medical malpractice.Rep. Floyd Esquibel, D-Cheyenne, sent the letter...
Oct 28 2004 // Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller this week blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s latest medical malpractice plan as “a work of fiction” and “a completely different bill” from the one he, the...
Oct 27 2004 // A consultant has drafted a plan for a medical malpractice liability fund that would attempt to reduce the rising premiums doctors pay for malpractice insurance in Wyoming.The plan was reviewed Oct. 25 by the Wyoming...