http://www.thnt.com/ There are no rewards for stating the obvious; still, Department of Health and Senior Services Commissioner Fred M. Jacobs deserves credit for refusing to pull punches in his appearance before the Assembly Budget Committee last week, calling the state’s health-care system what it is: “broken.” Jacobs said the state has reached a point where […]

Steve Berberich http://www.gazette.net Dr. Robert Fields proudly displays a framed copy of the letter he sent to Mid Atlantic Medical Services LLC — MAMSI — and to Aetna, CareFirst and other insurers on Aug. 27, 2003, the day he opened his retainer practice, telling them he would no longer accept insurance. Fields said in his […]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com The Colorado Physicians Insurance Companies (COPIC) and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association aren’t often on the same page. But they do agree on one point: COPIC – the nonprofit, doctor-run medical malpractice carrier – plays hardball. We don’t think that’s a problem. In fact, the forceful tactics COPIC employs in defending its members against […]

http://www.theage.com.au More than $150 million was paid out last year to Australian patients and their families who sued their doctors for malpractice following injury or death. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released a report on Thursday into medical indemnity insurance that found about 2500 claims were made against doctors in 2005-06. The figure […]

The Denver Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com Colorado’s COPIC Insurance Co. has fired back at proponents of Senate Bill 248. The medical malpractice insurer, in a statement issued Wednesday, claims the bill would not be beneficial for consumers, specifically targets COPIC and would benefit lawyers who sue doctors. The bill was introduced in the Colorado Legislature on […]

http://www.thatsfit.com I’ll never forget when my own favorite doctor apologized to me. He hadn’t made a mistake, really, he had just underestimated me and my ability to manage my own medical care. I pushed for a test, he rolled his eyes, and when the results came back he was man enough to admit I may […]

The Associated Press https://www.iht.com The problem was obvious to anyone who looked at the middle-aged woman: After surgery to correct a drooping eyelid, her eyelid was too high. After a second operation, it was too low. Dr. Michael Migliori had the delicate task of telling the woman she needed a third operation. He began with […]

http://www.prweb.com Dr. Corso explains why, thousands of people die, in the prime of life, from easily preventable causes, and how readers can avoid becoming one of them. Everyone knows someone who died in their 50’s or 60’s from a medical ticking time bomb, they simply did not detect. Dr. Corso is an amazing guest who […]

http://www.fortwayne.com Indiana’s 1975 malpractice law that established medical panels to examine claims and capped malpractice awards was designed to check the free-for-all that makes malpractice insurance prohibitively expensive in many other states. Though the law could use some fine-tuning, it accomplishes those goals while maintaining the basic rights of malpractice victims to be compensated. Some […]