By Stephen Moore http://online.wsj.com For most of the past 30 years, Mississippi has ranked as one of the poorest as well as one of the most litigious states. The two statistics are related. I met with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour recently, and this politician, best known for helping his state rebuild after Hurricane Katrina in […]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com  The American Medical Association (AMA) urged Congress to take immediate action to avert looming Medicare physician payment cuts that will harm seniors’ access to care in testimony to the House Small Business Committee. AMA Board Member Cecil Wilson, MD, highlighted the impact the cuts will have on the many physicians who are small business […]

By WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press Writer http://www.chron.com PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a five-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits involving minors. The court ruled Thursday against a claim that laws in effect when Oregon was a territory blocked a five-year statute of limitations that the Legislature approved after Oregon […]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com Small medical practices provide essential services and ensure all patients have access to quality care. However, cuts to Medicare physician fee payments threaten to undermine the work of these firms. Committee Members heard from the Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). They also received testimony from a panel of […]

By Kathleen Doheny http://www.washingtonpost.com/ MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) — As medical malpractice premiums increase, so do the rates of Caesarean sections, new research shows. The study provides a small snapshot of the association, drawing on data from the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. The findings, while not national in scope, could further […]

http://www.ihealthbeat.org The North Carolina Medical Board is considering a plan to post information on medical malpractice lawsuit settlements on its Web site beginning in 2009, the Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area reports. The information on the settlements would contain the physician’s name, when the case was settled and an optional box where physicians […]

Tara Weiss http://www.forbes.com/ No one ever said being a doctor was easy. School and training go on seemingly forever; once graduation arrives, doctors work long hours and are faced with life-and-death decisions daily. But there were rewards. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. But those benefits are fading, and as a […]

By Autumn Buys http://newsnet.byu.edu With the 2008 presidential election creeping closer, issues and controversies from around the nation are being tugged from their shadows to be diagnosed and treated by each candidate. One of these issues is medical liability reform. This term refers to the increasing rate physicians pay in insurance premiums to compensate for […]

http://www.arabnews.com RIYADH, 6 May 2008 — Medical malpractice insurance is witnessing a tremendous growth in the Kingdom, thanks to greater awareness in the medical community, a senior official at the Kingdom’s largest insurance provider said yesterday. Fahad Al-Hesni, vice president for property and casualty at Tawuniya, said subscriptions rose by 116 percent in the first […]