By JACK D. WALKER http://www.rctimes.com Doctors are sued when mistakes are made. Hopefully, the medical profession will work to eliminate mistakes that former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D., has called for. Would limiting malpractice suits have an effect to limit much-needed reform? How bad is medical malpractice? According to an article in the Journal […]

By Adam Jadhav ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH A new attempt to address the political and legal debate over medical malpractice litigation in Madison County comes from what is perhaps an unlikely source. The battle over the issue that made the news almost daily in 2005 largely pitted lawyers, who say the court system is a fair […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com Nearly one-third of Wyoming doctors are planning to leave the state eventually and many of those say the cost of malpractice insurance is a factor, a new state report shows. The Wyoming Healthcare Commission this week released a report giving detailed information about doctors and other health care professionals in the state. The report […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com Oklahoma State Representative Jason W. Murphey (R-Guthrie) has introduced legislation intended to lower medical costs by providing incentive for insurers to write “Negative Outcomes” insurance policies. The bill also seeks to help ensure that patients are properly and quickly compensated for medical malpractice. In the announcement, Murphey said Negative Outcomes insurance is a unique […]

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report features recent developments related to medical malpractice in four states. Summaries appear below. * Illinois: Illinois medical malpractice insurance premiums have decreased by an average of 5.2% this year and either will remain the same or drop again next year, according to ISMIE Mutual, the state’s largest malpractice […]

By Rebecca Correa , Staff writer Eagle-Tribune In a unit at Elliot Hospital in Manchester, doctors can make a series of injections called Botox to eliminate wrinkles on the skin in a matter of minutes. About five miles away at another facility, clients can get tattoos removed, liposuction and some of the same Botox procedures […]

MARY ANN DUTTON Staff Writer http://www.sulphurdailynews.com The Third Circuit State Court of Appeals recently challenged the $500,000 cap Louisiana put on medical malpractice damage awards in 1975. The Court said the cap violates the state constitution by robbing patients of their right to an adequate legal solution for their injuries. Sulphur Attorney Oliver Jackson Schrumpf […]

By Keith M. Phaneuf, Journal Inquirer http://www.journalinquirer.com HARTFORD – The 2007 General Assembly session opened Wednesday with its usual flurry of activity, with more than 200 new bills referred to various committees. Not surprisingly, included among them were dozens of health insurance-related measures. Legislative leaders and rank-and-file lawmakers spent much of the past fall campaigning […]

By David Phelps, Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com Worried about the rising number of CT scans, MRIs and other high-tech imaging procedures showing up on medical bills, Minnesota’s largest insurers now want doctors to get permission from a third-party evaluator before ordering such procedures for their patients. As medical imaging centers and expensive machines proliferate, insurers say […]