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NewsTort reform a 'failed experiment,' increases Medicare spending
Despite popular belief, placing medical liability caps on states may not curb healthcare costs, according to yesterday's report by advocacy group Public Citizen. Called "a failed experiment," Read more...
ER docs order tests to avoid lawsuits first, help patients second
A patient's best interests may not be motivating emergency room doctors to order tests as much as self-protection from medical liability lawsuits, a new survey from the American College of Emergency Read more...
Florida's hospital-friendly tort reform could spark a wave
In a move that hospitals execs nationwide will no doubt hail, Florida legislators recently passed several laws to protect healthcare facilities against patient lawsuits. The biggest, HB479, restricts Read more...
Docs, providers would make sacrifices under deficit-reduction scheme
A bipartisan White House panel is calling for belt-tightening measures to cut the deficit by $4 trillion through 2020. Proposed mandatory cuts to healthcare spending would include paying doctors and Read more...
Malpractice claims against hospitals on the rise
Medical malpractice claims against hospitals likely will exceed 44,000 claims totaling $8.6 billion for incidents that occurred in 2009, risk management services provider Aon Corporation and the Read more...
Defensive medicine less costly than anticipated
For the past several years, policymakers have linked physicians' fear of malpractice suits to the rise in defensive medicine, and assumed these forces were contributing to rising healthcare costs. Read more...
Sebelius, Cornyn share different views on healthcare reform at AHA's annual meeting
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) agree that "volume over value" is a concept that needs to be reversed in hospitals throughout America. But how Read more...
Missouri high court keeps malpractice caps, says they cannot be retroactively applied
While the Supreme Court in Missouri didn't go as far as those in Illinois and Georgia in declaring medical malpractice damage award caps to be unconstitutional, it did take a step in that direction Read more...
Georgia Supreme Court ends malpractice caps
Following in the footsteps of Illinois, the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ended limits to jury awards for malpractice damages. By upholding a nearly $1.35 million award for Betty Nestlehutt, whose Read more...
State's tort reform hasn't cut health costs
In some circles, tort reform is considered a holy grail that can singlehandedly rein in the nation's spiraling healthcare costs. In the absence of national legislation for comprehensive tort reform, Read more...
| Press ReleasesMedMal Direct Insurance Company Announces New Reinsurance TreatyJACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company announces their new reinsurance treaty with a panel of international reinsurers including Lloyd’s of London Read more >> House Judiciary Hearing Puts Medical Liability Reform Back in the SpotlightJanuary 20, 2011 | PR Newswire Association LLC HCLA Testifies that Medical Lawsuit Abuse Threatens Patient Care WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Health Coalition on Liability Read more >> ReachMD Poll: Two Thirds of Physicians and Healthcare Professionals Favor Recent Federal Healthcare Reform, Opinions to AiNORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ReachMD XM Satellite Radio Channel 160, today announced results of its latest poll, showing most physicians and other healthcare professionals favor the recently Read more >> |
