BY DR. JAY GROSSMAN Special To The Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com Re: ”My view: Future of med-mal caps in doubt,” by Hector Lombana Mr. Lombana would love to go back to the halcyon days when attorneys made big bucks by milking the medical malpractice cow for all it was worth. Fortunately for physicians who practice here […]

http://www.ama-assn.org About 1,200 New Jersey physicians received $16 million last month to help pay their medical liability insurance, according to the state’s Dept. of Banking and Insurance. The payments to eligible ob-gyns, neurosurgeons and radiologists are from a state subsidy fund set up in 2004 to ensure doctors could afford coverage. They represent the last […]

by By Frank Donnelly http://www.silive.com State’s plan to assess 50Gs more will force many to close practices, Island opponents say Staten Island doctors fear a proposal being floated to hit them with a $50,000 surcharge to solve the state’s medical malpractice insurance funding woes could drive droves of physicians, from internists to high-risk specialists, out […]

http://abbeynationalinsuran.gratuitcfree.com Do coast national insurances face a malpractice crisis? In the first systematic multi-year analysis of malpractice claims solely against national grange mutual insurance, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine report in the July issue of the journal Pediatrics that the answer is neither yes nor no. “We studied pediatricians and malpractice because […]

Dr. Jack M. Chapman says MCG expansion is critical to meet the need for new doctors By Randy Key http://www.wjbf.com he President of the Georgia Medical Association says a doctor shortage is looming for the state. Doctor Jack Chapman spoke to the Augusta Exchange Club, on Thursday. Dr. Chapman says the state will be 2,500 […]

By JULIUS A. KARASH http://www.kansascity.com As costs and the numbers of uninsured keep trending upward, health care has emerged as the most important domestic issue of 2008. Here are PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institutes predictions for the top eight health industry issues of the coming year:

http://www.pharmalot.com As part of a new policy that experts say is one of the toughest in the nation blocking drugmakers from influencing docs, SMDC Health System in Duluth, Minnesota, recently got rid of nearly every freebie with a drug company name on it, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. “We’re part of a leading trend that’s trying […]

By STATE REP. GLEN CASADA http://www.rctimes.com Tennessee-As the second half of the 105th General Assembly gets under way, the legislature is faced with how to solve many problems in the areas of education, the budget and immigration. However, one of the major problems brewing in this state is that of medical malpractice. Attempts were made […]

By Jason Stein http://www.madison.com An October raid on a state fund for injured patients has forced its managers to hit up Peter to pay Paul, borrowing tens of millions of dollars in cash — and paying interest — to meet its obligations, a state memo shows. The cash shortfall in the fund came in spite […]