http://canadianpress.google.com TORONTO – A large proportion of doctors under 40 are billing the health-care system for less than what a “full-time equivalent” doctor would bill, an analysis of fee-for-service payments to doctors suggests. Three-quarters of female doctors under 40 fall into this category, and half of male doctors under 40, the report released Thursday by […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) Commissioner Jim Atterholt recently announced that Patient’s Compensation Fund (PCF) surcharge rates will be reduced by 19.1 percent for physicians and 1.3 percent for hospitals effective March 1, 2008. “This is the first reduction for physicians and hospitals since the PCF’s inception in 1976,” said Atterholt, who attributed the […]

By Daniel Lee http://www.indystar.com Indiana physicians and hospitals are going to get a break next year on how much they pay into the state-run fund that makes payments to victims of medical malpractice. Rates will be reduced by 19.1 percent for physicians and by 1.3 percent for hospitals starting in March, according to the Indiana […]

http://www.examiner.com by Len Lazarick, The Examiner State coffers and Maryland physicians will be getting back close to $100 million in medical malpractice insurance premiums under a consent order announced Thursday by Gov. Martin O’Malley and his insurance commissioner, Ralph Tyler. Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society, which insures three-quarters of the doctors in the state, will […]

By Liz Kowalczyk Globe Staff The state Public Health Council yesterday delayed a vote until January on whether to allow medical clinics to operate inside retail stores in Massachusetts. more stories like this CVS Corp. had asked for waivers from existing regulations so the chain could open 20 to 30 MinuteClinics in Boston-area stores in […]

By Stacey Burling Inquirer Staff Writer http://www.philly.com A recent court decision that doctors who own an outpatient-surgery center in North Jersey were in violation of an old, but unenforced, state law prohibiting self-referrals has lawyers scrambling to protect the burgeoning alternative to hospital treatment. Lawyers representing the state’s 200 ambulatory-surgery centers yesterday asked the New […]

Agreement Includes First-Ever Independent Oversight Monitor for Ranking System New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced an agreement with CIGNA HealthCare as part of his industry-wide investigation into doctor ranking programs. Under the agreement, CIGNA will enhance its doctor ranking program, fully disclosing to consumers and physicians all aspects of its ranking system. […]

The Doctors Company is pleased to announce an overall average premium reduction of 7.2 percent for Washington physicians. The rate reductions will apply to all new and renewal policies effective on or after January 1, 2008. Some Washington physicians will have premium reductions of up to 25 percent, depending on specialty. The Doctors Company is […]

http://www.businesswire.com Data Also Suggests Current Patient Safety Goals Are Focused on the Right Strategies to Help Improve the Healthcare System In an effort to determine what impact health system errors1 have on medical malpractice claims, The Doctors Company, the nation’s leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, conducted a closed claims analysis and found that system errors […]