Dana Heupel http://www.sj-r.com The state’s largest medical malpractice insurer announced Monday that it will issue dividends for the first time ever and will accept new physician policyholders for the first time in four years, partly because of recent legal reforms. ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. expects a financial surplus primarily because the number of malpractice claims […]

Posted By Michael Cassidy http://www.medlawblog.com Two former employees of East Tennessee Heart Consultants, a forty physician cardiology practice in Tennessee, tipped off federal prosecutors, who then filed a qui tam claim alleging the cardiology practice had a policy of retaining overpayments for services provided unless refunds were specifically requested, and that the practice maintained its […]

Government rules, insurance claims increase workloads By Bette Nunn Governmental guidelines, new technology and the computer age have brought about many changes in our lives. In the field of health care, the changes have been even more dramatic. Doctors’ offices and hospitals are among those that have experienced major changes. In Martinsville and other areas […]

BY BRIAN BRUEGGEMANN News-Democrat http://www.belleville.com Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis has appointed three fellow judges to serve on a new committee that will meet with doctors and study medical malpractice issues. “These judges are willing to go out into the community and talk to doctors, medical professionals and lawyers, to have a real dialogue […]

By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services http://www.azstarnet.com Hospitals and doctors will get a second chance to convince Gov. Janet Napolitano that a measure to protect them from lawsuits will result in more doctors in emergency rooms. The Senate Health Committee on Thursday approved legislation to make it more difficult for someone injured due to a […]

http://www.sbwire.com What do you get if you cross an medical malpractice attorney with a surgeon? In Scalpel, a novel by Dr. Joel Berman, you get a dead medical malpractice attorney – in fact, several of them. Berman’s main character – who, Berman insists, is not his alter ego — is a mysterious surgeon who is […]

By SHANNON MORTLAND http://www.crainscleveland.com A California firm has purchased OHIC Insurance Co., one of Ohio’s largest medical malpractice insurers. The Doctors Co. of Napa, Calif., bought the Columbus-based physician insurer for an undisclosed amount. The Doctors Co. now insures more than 2,000 doctors and writes about $100 million in premiums in Ohio, making the state […]

By John Rodgers http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com State Rep. Rob Briley was named chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, which puts the Nashville Democrat on a direct collision course with energized Republicans in the state Senate over the issue of medical malpractice reform. The Republicans, with newly elected Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville), have numerical control of […]

By Mike Colias http://www.chicagobusiness.com A Cook County judge has thrown out a request from the hospital industry to declare Illinois’ limits on payouts to victims of medical malpractice constitutional. Circuit Judge Robert Lopez Cepero on Tuesday dismissed the unusual legal maneuver by the state’s hospital lobby, which had hoped to secure a decision from the […]