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Medical Malpractice Reforms Have Gone Too Far – A Recent Wisconsin Case

October 8, 2014

A Wisconsin trial judge deciding post-trial motions filed by the parties in a Wisconsin medical malpractice case issued his October 3, 2014 Decision and Order finding that Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in the amount of $750,000 is unconstitutional as it applies to this case, under [...]

Feds Put Brakes On Some States Medical Malpractice Reporting Loopholes

August 16, 2014

In a decision issued on May 22, 2014, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, formally determined that the efforts by Oregon and Massachusetts to circumvent requirements to report medical malpractice payments to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB[...]

Kansas Senate Seeks Medical Malpractice Cap Increase And Other Reforms

March 1, 2014

The Kansas Senate has taken the initial step to increase the $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in all personal injury actions, including medical malpractice cases, that was enacted in 1988 but had not increased since then despite inflation. The original Kansas cap on noneconomic damages in medic[...]

The Failure Of New Hampshire’s Medical Malpractice Screening Panels

February 14, 2014

In 2005, New Hampshire lawmakers created medical malpractice screening panels consisting of a doctor, a lawyer, and a retired judge who initially determine medical malpractice claims in an effort to reduce medical malpractice litigation costs and to control the rising costs of medical malprac[...]

Republican Party’s Alternative To Obamacare Shows Its Disdain For Our Jury System

January 31, 2014

The Republican Party’s recently published counter-proposal in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) shows its utter disdain for the American jury system. The Republican Party’s proposal, which it calls The Patient Choice, Affordability, [...]

Study Finds Medical Malpractice Lawyers Reject Over 90% Of Potential Cases

January 11, 2014

A study based on a national survey of medical malpractice lawyers found that over 75% of medical malpractice lawyers reject over 90% of the medical malpractice cases they screen. As a result, over 95% of medical malpractice victims find it “extremely difficult” to find a medical malpract[...]

Study Finds That Defensive Medicine Does Not Affect Health Care Costs

October 31, 2013

One of the most noisy cries for medical malpractice tort reform in the United States is that medical providers engage in so-called defensive medicine in states where medical malpractice tort reform has not been enacted because they fear that if they do not practice defensive medicine, they will be [...]

Study: Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Do Not Decrease Defensive Medicine

August 9, 2013

The results of a study conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change that was funded by the National Institute for Health Care Reform and which appears in the August 2013 edition of the journal Health Affairs found that office-based physicians who reported a high level of medical malpr[...]

Study Finds Medical Malpractice Litigation Leads To Patient Safety Improvements

May 20, 2013

In an op-ed opinion by a law professor appearing on May 16, 2013 in The New York Times, the law professor discussed her survey of more than 400 people who are responsible for hospital risk management, claims management, and quality improvement in health care centers throughout the United States.[...]

Missouri House Of Representatives Passes Bill To Replace Missouri’s Common Law Regarding Medical Malpractice

April 2, 2013

In our August 1, 2012 blog, we reported on the July 31, 2012 decision (modified on September 25, 2012) of the Supreme Court of Missouri that held “that section 538.210 [Missouri’s $350,000 statutory cap on noneconomic damages] is unconstitutional to the extent that it infringes on the jur[...]

Physician Opinions Regarding Medical Malpractice Tort Reform

December 5, 2012

The results of an online survey of the opinions of 1,548 physicians throughout the United States that was conducted between August 31, 2012 and October 31, 2012 regarding medical malpractice tort reform measures that was published on December 4, 2012 found that 75% of the respondents claimed that [...]

Physician Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Fall For Fifth Consecutive Year

November 28, 2012

The premiums that physicians pay for medical malpractice insurance in the United States fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2012 for physicians in the following medical specialties: obstetrics/gynecology, general internists, and general surgeons. The medical malpractice insurance premiums for th[...]

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