By M. William Salganik | Sun reporter http://www.baltimoresun.com Sitting on comfortable surpluses, Maryland’s largest medical malpractice insurer intends to end its participation in the state’s premium subsidy program two years early and is proposing to return $32.5 million of the $72.4 million in subsidies it has received so far. In effect, Medical Mutual Liability Insurance […]

http://money.cnn.com If your reaction to the word “hospitalist” is, “Is that something to do with hotels?” you’re not alone. Hospitalists are doctors, but of a very new type. The term was coined in 1996 for a doctor who works full time with hospitalized patients. Essentially they take over the role of primary care physician for […]

http://www.newswire.ca CNW Hundreds of medical students and residents are expected at the fourteenth annual Rural Physician Recruitment Fairs to be held in Calgary and Edmonton this week. The Edmonton Fair will be held 18 September 2007 at the Conference Centre in U of A’s Lister Hall. The Calgary Fair will take place 20 September in […]

By Kirsten Stewart The Salt Lake Tribune Sergey Sargsyan has lost 80 pounds since his symptoms began more than three months ago. He’s in pain and getting weaker. Emergency room visits and surgery to remove gall stones have done little to help. Doctors say he needs a specialist to fine-tune his diagnosis. But finding one […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler wants to review a large medical malpractice insurance dividend payment before it goes out. Newly-appointed Tyler said he will hold a hearing next month to review a plan by Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland to pay a $68 million dividend, a portion of which is owed […]

Proposed New Rules Target The Rise in Doctors Sending to Centers They Own By DAVID ARMSTRONG http://online.wsj.com In February, a group of cardiologists in Gainesville, Ga., announced they were building a diagnostic heart center in an $18 million joint venture with the local hospital. Last month, they said the project was dead. The reason? Federal […]

By Laura Hipp http://www.clarionledger.com A 15.5 percent rate cut by the largest medical malpractice insurer in Mississippi has doctors praising tort reform and hoping their ranks grow. The Medical Assurance Co. of Mississippi decided Sept. 5 to lower insurance costs for physicians in 2008. Gov. Haley Barbour, whose 2003 campaign made tort reform a cornerstone, […]

By DIANE LEVICK | Courant Staff Writer Many Connecticut doctors will pay lower premiums for malpractice insurance because of actions taken by two insurers, and another company plans to enter the market here, heating up competition. The premium decreases will range from a few percentage points to more than 20 percent, providing at least a […]

The Insurance professionals only source for News A leading Pennsylvania malpractice insurance carrier says it plans to lower its rates by an average of 11 percent next year. The Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association says the news proves the “so-called crisis” involving doctors and medical malpractice insurance rates is abating. Doctors, on the other hand, say […]