Cancer Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopedic Surgeons
June 27, 2023
Cancer Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopedic Surgeons: A study published on May 2, 2023 entitled “Critical Review of Oncologic Medical Malpractice Claims Against Orthopaedic Surgeons” was designed to determine the most common allegations for malpractice litigation brought against[...]
Continue Reading
U.S. States With The Most, Least Medical Malpractice Claims
December 15, 2022
US States With The Most and Least Medical Malpractice Claims: NiceRx, which “assists eligible individuals to enroll in patient assistance programs to receive their brand name medication directly from the pharmaceutical company,” recently reported on its findings regarding which U.S. stat[...]
Continue Reading
Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics
November 21, 2022
Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics: The Iowa Insurance Division requested open and closed claim data for calendar year 2020 from licensed insurance companies pursuant to Iowa Code Section 505.27. Licensed companies who wrote medical malpractice insurance in Iowa during the period from January 1, 20[...]
Continue Reading
Nursing Malpractice Statistics
September 16, 2022
Nursing Malpractice Statistics: In its report entitled “A Dose Of Insight: A Nurse’s Crucial Role In Patient Safety: Through The Lens Of Malpractice Claims” dated September 9, 2022, Coverys evaluated 4,634 events that closed between 2018 and 2021 and identified 850 specific events [...]
Continue Reading
Iowa Medical Malpractice Statistics
August 30, 2022
The Iowa Insurance Division requested open and closed claim data for calendar year 2020 from licensed insurance companies pursuant to Iowa Code Section 505.27. Licensed companies who wrote medical malpractice insurance in Iowa during the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 were ask[...]
Continue Reading
New York City Medical Malpractice Statistics (FY 2021)
June 27, 2022
NYC Medical Malpractice Statistics: The New York City Annual Claims Report for Fiscal Year 2021 that was issued on June 22, 2022 stated with regard to medical malpractice claims against New York City: Since FY 2012—when 624 claims were filed—the number of medical malpractice claims filed has ste[...]
Continue Reading
GAO Report Regarding VA Community Living Centers
March 11, 2022
The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) report entitled “VA Community Living Centers: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Oversight of Quality of Care” that was publicly released on December 30, 2021 stated, in part: “VA provides care to about 9,000 vet[...]
Continue Reading
Emergency Department Medical Malpractice Statistics
February 24, 2022
A retrospective study of closed medical professional liability (MPL) claims involving adult patients cared for in emergency departments (ED) and urgent care settings from the Medical Professional Liability Association’s Data Sharing Project database from 2001 through 2015 identified 6,779 closed c[...]
Continue Reading
