http://www.illinois.gov SPRINGFIELD – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed a law that updates and extends the Nurse Practice Act until 2018. Recognizing the increasingly large role played by nurses in providing quality healthcare, the new law clarifies the responsibilities and requirements for Advance Practice Nurses (APN), Registered Nurses (RN) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN). Senate […]

Baltimore Business Journal – by Sue Schultz Staff http://www.bizjournals.com/ Doctors practicing in Maryland are calling for a reduction in their medical malpractice premiums following a decision by the state’s largest medical liability insurer to give back $32.5 million in state funds that would have gone toward lowering physician’s malpractice rates. Dr. Carol Ritter, a Towson […]

By LESLIE A. PAPPAS, The News Journal http://www.delawareonline.com The captive insurance specialists gathered Tuesday at the Hotel du Pont are the first to admit that most of the world does not understand what they do. “I tried to explain it the other day to my mother,” a speaker joked in the opening session of the […]

Doctors and lawyers agree on an arbitration program but disagree on more comprehensive reforms. By Amy Lynn Sorrel, AMNews In a rare development, North Carolina physicians and trial lawyers found common ground on a new law that caps damages in medical liability cases that go to arbitration. But doctors see the measure as just the […]

By BRUCE SCHREINER http://www.forbes.com In a blunt assessment to fellow doctors, Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Monday that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers. The governor expressed a willingness to compromise if he wins another term. Speaking at a Kentucky Medical Association meeting, Fletcher […]

By M. William Salganik Sun reporter A new state task force set out yesterday to determine if there is a problem with physician reimbursement and, if so whether it is affecting the availability of doctors in the state. Its findings could spotlight what so far has been primarily a simmering issue between doctors and insurers. […]

Malpractice insurer was to award $68 million to members by Douglas Tallman | Staff Writer http://www.gazette.net Maryland’s new insurance regulator has called a hearing for next month to decide how much the state should collect of a proposed $68.6 million dividend from the state’s leading medical malpractice insurer. Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler, citing a […]

http://home.businesswire.com Medical Protective, Texas’ oldest primary medical professional liability insurer, announced today it will reduce its average rates for Texas physicians by another 7.3%, effective January 1, 2008. This will be the fifth reduction in the last three years, cumulatively reducing malpractice premiums for Texas physicians by an average of over 30%. The company also […]

By Krista Brick Special to The News-Post http://www.fredericknewspost.com OLNEY — Dr. Gloria Grover wanted to have a life, not just a career as a doctor of obstetrics and gynecology. A new program at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney is helping her find that important balance between work and a personal life. Grover had a private […]