All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2004 // New documents reviewed by a Salem newspaper map out how former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt’s deal-brokering helped shape a plan on medical malpractice insurance for obstetricians in rural Oregon.The former governor was...
Jul 27 2004 // Legislation approved by the U.S. Senate would set up a confidential, voluntary reporting system under which doctors and hospitals could disclose information on medical errors without fear of legal repercussions.Sponsors of...
Jul 23 2004 // Despite reported overwhelming support by the public and rank-and-file legislators for meaningful reforms to address Illinois’ medical liability crisis, legislators are reportedly being presented with a proposal...
Jul 23 2004 // As his bio notes growing up as a child, Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s homestead and go on to serve...
Jul 23 2004 // The special session of the Wyoming legislature ended on Saturday, July 17, following the passage of a constitutional amendment that would allow for caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. This measure...
Jul 22 2004 // An agreement announced recently by executives with Professional Casualty Association (PCA), a provider of insurance coverage to physicians in Pennsylvania, and Rightfield Solutions LLC, developers of Emmi, Expectation...
Jul 19 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that the majority of New York State’s 50,000 physicians will see a 7 percent rate increase in their medical malpractice insurance premiums for the...
Jul 19 2004 // With about two-thirds of the United States facing what some experts describe as a medical malpractice crisis, a pair of studies show how liability concerns could be hurting patient care and also limiting patients’...
Jul 19 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, launched an aggressive advocacy campaign in the state of South Carolina...
Jul 19 2004 // As his bio notes, as a child Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s homestead and go on to serve the people...
Jul 19 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
Jul 8 2004 // Columbus, Ohio-based medical liability insurer OHIC Insurance Co. named former health-care administrator Bill Ruse to its board of directors.Ruse retired as president of the Blanchard Valley Health Association in 2001...
Jul 7 2004 // A coalition of more than 230,000 specialty physicians announced its dismay with John Kerry and John Edwards, two sitting U.S. Senators, who they say repeatedly vote against protecting patients, instead choosing to pander...
Jul 7 2004 // Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a coalition of more than 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, launched an aggressive advocacy campaign in the state of South Carolina...
Jul 6 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today applauded the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s unanimous decision affirming the constitutionality of non-economic damage caps in wrongful death medical malpractice...
Jul 1 2004 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio today announced that the majority of New York State’s 50,000 actively practicing physicians will see a seven percent rate increase in...
Jun 25 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich, Jr., announced the creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access and named the Honorable Raymond Thieme chairman.Gov. Ehrlich has directed the task...
Jun 25 2004 // More than 30 bills have been drawn up for consideration in July’s special session on medical malpractice insurance.State House Speaker Fred Parady, R-Rock Springs, said he expects more to come, although many bills...
Jun 23 2004 // As the end of the 2004 legislative session draws near in Rhode Island, Rep. Peter T. Ginaitt says he is pushing hard for the passage of his legislation to change some of the state laws governing medical malpractice...
Jun 21 2004 // Missouri’s new state-sponsored medical malpractice insurance program has begun accepting applications for coverage effective June 30 or later, the state’s insurance department announced recently.Physicians and...