By Alison Snyder Long Island Business News – New York Business News The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has created a risk retention group to insure private physicians, giving them much-needed relief from rising medical malpractice insurance costs. By offering insurance to private physicians affiliated with the health system, North Shore-LIJ says it can […]

By Chris Dickerson -Kanawha Bureau http://www.wvrecord.com A Charleston surgeon was awarded $25 million by a jury Thursday after it ruled Charleston Area Medical Center damaged the doctor’s reputation by wrongfully revoking his privileges. After a two-week trial, the Kanawha County jury deliberated three hours before returning the verdict in favor of R.E. Hamrick that included […]

Illinois Medical Group Management Association announces inaugural Medical Malpractice Insurers Fair offers two half-day sessions to choose from on April 1, 2008. On April 1, 2008, the leading, top-rated insurers–including American Physicians, First Physicians Insurance Co., ISMIE, Medical Protective, ProAssurance and Professional Solutions Insurance Co. will be participating in the ILMGMA Medical Malpractice Insurers Fair […]

http://www.businesswire.com General Star Management Company is pleased to announce the introduction of its admitted General Star Advantage Physicians and Surgeons Program into California and Nevada. General Star has long been a leader in the medical malpractice marketplace through its Select and Special Risk Physicians Programs and its Miscellaneous Healthcare Facilities Program, all of which are […]

JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer Portland Press Herald (Maine) http://www.innovations.harvard.edu Maine Medical Center and Tufts University today will announce a new physician-training program that could increase the state’s supply of doctors by reserving spots for Mainers and promoting the state as a good place to practice medicine. The program will start accepting applications this fall for […]

CareFirst disputes study that indicates impending shortage of doctors

By CLAUDINE SAN NICOLAS, Staff Writer KIHEI – Moving to Maui was the “worstâ€? economic decision Dr. Benjamin Berry says he’s ever made in his career. A Wailuku physician specializing in obstetrics, gynecology and infertility, Berry told an audience of some 50 people that he is the last doctor still in private practice willing to […]

By Fred Bazzoli, Editor http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com According to the American Medical Association, medical liability reforms that put limits on non-economic damages help lower malpractice insurance premiums and increase the number of doctors. The analysis of independent research by the Chicago-based professional association is the latest salvo by the AMA to increase the prevalence of malpractice reforms […]

By Hawaii Medical Association, Home The Hawaii Medical Association strongly supports HB1992, HD1. This bill proposes to establish a cap on non-economic damages and limits on attorney fees. The HMA supports these actions because they will help to stabilize now volatile medical malpractice insurance premiums, which is a major cause of Hawaii’s patient access to […]