A Study Of Defense Costs For Medical Malpractice Claims
April 7, 2012
An article appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine on April 5, 2012 analyzed 26,853 medical malpractice claims that were closed between 1995 and 2005 (“closed claims” include medical malpractice claims that resulted in an indemnity payment (a payment made to a medical malprac[...]
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Report On Vermont’s Medical Malpractice Proposed Reforms
February 4, 2012
On January 30, 2012, the “Medical Malpractice Reforms Report and Proposal of the [Vermont] Secretary of Administration” (“Report”) was forwarded to the Vermont Legislature to address medical malpractice reform issues/proposals in Vermont. First, Some Vermont Medical Malpract[...]
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Walgreens, Generic Drug Manufacturer Accused Of Overcharging
January 16, 2012
A recently filed federal lawsuit claims that the largest drugstore chain, Walgreens, and a generic drug manufacturer, Par Pharmaceuticals Cos., overcharged insurance companies, union health and welfare funds, and self-insured employers for generic versions of Prozac, Zantac, and generic versions o[...]
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Florida Medical Malpractice Damages Cap Not Retroactive
December 28, 2011
When states enact so-called “medical malpractice reforms” (also known as “tort reforms”) such as caps (limits) on non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, and disfigurement) that victims of medical malpractice may recover despite a jury’s determ[...]
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Vermont Medical Malpractice Statistics
December 9, 2011
Vermont is among the states with the fewest medical malpractice claims. According to an official report dated December 15, 2005, the following conclusions regarding medical malpractice and medical malpractice claims in Vermont were made: Vermont medical malpractice costs represent less than 1% of [...]
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Medical Malpractice Payments Statistics For 2010
November 17, 2011
Despite false perceptions created by medical malpractice insurance companies and doctors in the United States that medical malpractice claims and medical malpractice payments in the U.S. are out-of-control, the number of medical malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians fell in 2010 for[...]
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Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society Of Maryland
November 15, 2011
The Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland (“Medical Mutual”) is the largest insurer of Maryland doctors for medical malpractice claims in Maryland. Medical Mutual is a physician-owned liability insurance company that has been insuring Maryland physicians against Maryland[...]
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Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies Reality ($$$$)
November 14, 2011
A national organization in the United States that researches and reports on tort issues and seeks to protect the rights of people who are injured as a result of the negligence of others issued a report in 2009 regarding medical malpractice insurance companies that found the following: Caps on noneco[...]
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Medical Malpractice Insurance Company Profits
November 13, 2011
The largest medical malpractice insurance company for medical malpractice claims against physicians and surgeons in the United States is The Doctors Company. The Doctors Company had 71,572 members, $4,060,651,000 in assets, and $1,228,237,000 in member surplus for 2010. The Doctors Company is so p[...]
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U.S. Government Analysis Of Medical Malpractice Tort Reform
November 8, 2011
On November 3, 2011, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) offered a presentation at the Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management entitled CBO’s Use of Evidence in Analysis of Budget and Economic Policies (source) in whi[...]
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