http://maehc.blogspot.com MAeHC today announced our participation in a joint initiative to provide malpractice premium credits to physicians utilizing EHRs. The Connecticut Medical Insurance Company — in a program developed jointly with the Massachusetts Medical Society, Physicians Insurance Association of Massachusetts (an MMS subsidiary), and MAeHC — will offer credits ranging from 5-20% to Massachusetts physicians […]

BY PAIGE ST. JOHN FLORIDA TODAY CAPITAL BUREAU http://www.floridatoday.com Medical malpractice companies benefiting from courtroom caps today must tell state regulators why they are not returning more of that money to doctors and the public. Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered executives of major malpractice insurers to attend public hearings today in Tallahassee on their […]

by Jake Stump Daily Mail Staff http://www.dailymail.com

http://www.insurancejournal.com Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co. (ProMutual) will not increase its rates for physicians, surgeons, dentists and certified nurse midwives in Massachusetts for 2007. If the proposed rates are approved, the company said that many policyholders will see a decrease in their premiums. A number of specialties such as obstetrics, orthopedics and anesthesiology should see […]

BY NASEEM SOWTI STAR-BANNER http://www.ocala.com Joyce Gazzara went to the emergency room with severe stomach pain on a recent Friday afternoon, hoping to get quick treatment. But the 64-year-old suffered for 12 hours in the waiting room at Munroe Regional Medical Center, before she managed to squeeze through the bottleneck of ER doors.

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com

by Curt Mercadante http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/ It’s been two years since the Illinois voter uprising that forced the Illinois legislature – and governor – to enact medical liability reform legislation. Yet the full positive impact of those reforms has yet to be felt – due to uncertainty pending the trial lawyers’ challenge of the measure’s constitutionality in […]

By HINA ALAM The Lufkin Daily News As Woodland Heights Medical Center considers allowing doctors to hold shares in the hospital, its not-for-profit competitor has raised a number of ethical questions. Woodland Heights CEO Lance Jones said that while hospital authorities, trustees and board of directors were still considering the idea, the focus of the […]

By ROBERT PEAR http://www.nytimes.com