side note: This article from Dermatology Times reviews the efforts of medical groups to make tort reform an issue in Obama’s health care reform plan, and examines the results of a new Harvard study on tort reform mechanisms.  The Cunningham Group is dedicated to providing low medical liability insurance premiums to our clients, so we […]

side note: A jury in New York failed to find a hospital guilty of medical malpractice in the case of a man who developed cancer after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who was later shown to have cancer. In a unique case, the organ donor, who died of a stroke, was shown to […]

Side note: On Tuesday, the Massachusetts Medical Society released its annual MMS Physician Practice Environment Index,a report on 9 factors in the state that influence the practice environment for physicians. For 16 of the past 18 years, the analysis has shown a decline in this environment – and 2009 was no exception. Of the four […]

Side Note: We here at the Cunningham Group have been carefully tracking the aftermath of the Illinois Supreme Court’s reversal of tort reform legislation in our blog.  Thomas Kilbride, one of the judges who voted to overturn tort reform for medical malpractice cases in February, is running for retention in November.  This election a chance […]

side note: An innovative approach to lowering costs involves using computers to challenge scan orders that aren’t likely to help diagnose patients. Usually, these orders are entered by support staff, but the computer system at Massachusetts General Hospital requires a physician justification if the computer analysis shows that the scan is unlikely to help diagnose […]

Side Note: In this article from the Wall Street Journal, Scott Gottlieb, a practicing physician, anticipates changes that will need to be made by physicians and insurance companies as a result of President Obama’s health plan. In Gottlieb’s view, the Obama plan puts undue economic burden on doctors, who already must deal with increasing medical […]

Side note: Great advice on what to do about your medical malpractice insurance policy if you leave a practice. Unfortunately, many physicians incur unnecessary costs because they aren’t familiar with their practice’s policies on med mal insurance, including tail coverage. Make sure that you are fully covered and that your medical liability insurance does not […]

We received a lot of great feedback on our first tip for the best ways to lower your medical liability insurance costs. We had so many emails asking me questions, so instead of answering them all one by one, I thought I’d build out my first tip for doctors on how they can lower their […]

As we slowly wind down the week, I thought I’d spend a few minutes going over a tip that doctors and other health care professionals can use to help lower their medical liability insurance rates. This will be the first in our series of how to make sure you pay the absolute lowest price for […]