Austin Business Journal by Jon Selden ABJ Staff http://austin.bizjournals.com Sign seen hanging in a vacant medical office in New York: “GTT” Just three years after state lawmakers cured a so-called medical crisis that was supposedly driving hordes of doctors out of the state, the state’s medical board is facing another one — too many doctors […]

The malpractice insurer heralds its unique ability to underwrite more efficiently and control its claim losses and expenses as reasons for its success http://www.prnewswire.com New Jersey Physicians United Reciprocal Exchange (NJ PURE), a leading New Jersey medical malpractice insurer, has declared a cash dividend to its physician policyholders. NJ PURE, a not-for-profit reciprocal exchange, will […]

By LARRY DAUGHTREY http://www.tennessean.com Like many of the issues batted around in Tennessee’s General Assembly, it is all about money —and who gets the edge in pocketing the most. Two professions with high ideals — healing and justice — are right in there in the mix with loan sharks, liquor dealers and used-car sellers. The […]

To trim malpractice claims, United Medical helps physicians improve bedside manner, record keeping and procedure management By S.P. DINNEN REGISTER BUSINESS WRITER http://desmoinesregister.com

by George Hohmann Daily Mail business editor The chief executive officer of the company set up by the Legislature to provide medical malpractice insurance in West Virginia received pay totaling $429,750 last year, according to a report filed with the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner. David Rader, president and CEO of the West Virginia Physicians’ […]

Medical liability insurance provider ProAssurance Corp. said Monday it settled a malpractice verdict against one of its subsidiaries for $217 million. A jury in Tampa awarded $117 million to the plaintiff in a malpractice case, and added another $100 million in punitive damages against ProNational Insurance Co., one of ProAssurance (nyse: PRA – news – […]

Malpractice – Damage awards in Oregon remain lower than in all but seven other states, study finds JOE ROJAS-BURKE http://www.oregonlive.com Payouts for medical malpractice claims remain lower in Oregon than in all but seven other states, despite the loss of a cap on damage awards in 1999. The findings come from one of the first […]

By Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s pioneering formal mediation process not only helps settle malpractice claims before they go to court, but it also allows both sides to think about creative ways to work things out. Besides monetary awards, patients have had plaques, monuments or hospital rooms named in […]

By Ken Whitehouse http://www.nashvillepost.com March may come in like a lion and out like a lamb, or vice-versa, but who would have guessed that March 2007 might be the month when the lion would lie down with the lamb? That’s what may be afoot, as a nationally unprecedented concord among medical providers and the legal […]