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How Can I Find Out If My Doctor Has Been Sued For Medical Malpractice?

August 11, 2024

Because individuals cannot access the records maintained by the National Practitioner Data Bank, which is a web-based repository of reports containing information on medical malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers that was estab[...]

1.8% Of Doctors Responsible For More Than Half Of Medical Malpractice Payouts In The U.S.

January 24, 2021

CBS News recently reported that “1.8 percent of doctors are responsible for more than half of all malpractice payouts. Of that small group, “Only 1 in 7 have had action taken against them by any state [medical board].”” Source That calculation was performed by Robert E. Oshel[...]

Total Medical Malpractice Payouts In U.S. Increased In 2015 For Third Consecutive Year

August 4, 2016

It has been reported that the total medical malpractice payouts in the United States reached $3.95 billion in 2015, which was an increase of 1.68% from 2014. The Northeast region of the United States accounted for 45.93% of all medical malpractice payouts in the United States in 2015, which was an i[...]

Best (And Worst) U.S. States For Physicians In 2016

April 6, 2016

A recent analysis ranks the 50 U. S. states and the District of Columbia with regard to their working environments for physicians. Although the analysis was not undertaken by a well-known research group and is not peer reviewed, it does shed light on which U.S. states are the best, and which are th[...]

Medical Malpractice Payout Statistics For 2013

February 27, 2014

On February 19, 2014, a large medical malpractice insurance company that provides medical malpractice insurance and consulting services to more than 13,000 health care providers in the United States published its annual report regarding medical malpractice payout statistics for the United States f[...]

Medical Malpractice Payouts Statistics For 2011

April 30, 2012

An analysis of the medical malpractice payouts data reported for 2011 to the National Practitioner Data Bank was performed by Diederich Healthcare, which is a national medical malpractice insurance company that provides medical malpractice insurance and consulting services to over 13,000 healthcar[...]

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