http://money.cnn.com Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) announced expanded national specialty capabilities in its healthcare professional liability claims administration practice in the areas of investigations, risk management and auditing. Sedgwick CMS in its professional liability practice provides malpractice and other complex claims administration services for healthcare organizations such as hospitals, medical practice groups, extended […]

By Elizabeth Cohen CNN http://www.cnn.com/ ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — When Christine had a hysterectomy in September, her doctor told her it would take about a week to recover from the laparoscopic procedure. Medical complications are not always the result of negligence. Nearly every procedure involves some risk. Four months — and three additional surgeries later […]

By: Lewis S. Sharps, M.D., For The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us My dual experience as an orthopedic spine surgeon and president of Pennsylvania’s only physician-driven medical malpractice insurance company has provided me with a unique insight into this state’s medical malpractice environment. Many states are threatened by an escalating medical liability crisis. They can learn a great […]

Legislators may require executives to testify under oath to find out why rates did not fall significantly. John Kennedy | Tallahassee Bureau Chief http://www.orlandosentinel.com Top insurance executives are being summoned — and may be subpoenaed — to testify under oath next month before a newly formed Senate select committee examining why last year’s legislative overhaul […]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com The Federation of State Medical Boards Research and Education Foundation (FSMB) is offering every physician a new handbook to help them better manage patients’ acute or chronic pain. Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician’s Guide offers real-world explanations and practical strategies that address issues of undertreatment of pain, risk of prescription drug abuse and improved […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com St. Louis, Mo.-based Keystone Mutual Insurance Co. recently announced that it is accepting applications from Missouri physicians for professional liability insurance upon being awarded a license Dec. 31 by the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration. “We’re open for business,” said James R. Bowlin, Keystone’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report http://www.kaisernetwork.org Maryland has 16% fewer physicians in clinical practice than the national per capita average, a shortage that could become severe by 2015, according to a report released on Monday by MedChi, the state’s medical society, and the Maryland Hospital Society, the Washington Post reports. For the report, presented last […]

CBC Faced with an aging population requiring increasingly complex care, overwhelmed Canadian doctors are feeling more and more frustrated by their inability to properly serve their patients’ health needs, a national physicians survey reports. In the survey of more than 20,000 doctors and doctors-in-training from across the country, 75 per cent reported that inadequate funding […]

By MICHAEL GORMLEY | Associated Press Writer http://www.newsday.com Gov. Eliot Spitzer wants the state to pay off the student loans of physicians who agree to serve rural and urban areas without enough doctors, an administration official said Tuesday. Spitzer is also considering a $1 billion Upstate Revitalization Fund and other measures to renew downtowns and […]