Avoiding Medical Testing Mistakes
November 19, 2011
The Joint Commission Resources (“JCR”) is a national organization dedicated to helping health care organizations in the U.S. to improve the quality of medical care and patient safety. The mission of JCR is “to continuously improve the safety and quality of health care in the Unit[...]
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Texas Example Of A Nursing Home Medical Malpractice Claim
November 18, 2011
Nursing homes provide medical care to residents who need such care for short-term rehabilitation or long-term care. When nursing homes negligently fail to provide necessary care, or negligently provide care that they are required to provide to residents, then the nursing homes may be subject to med[...]
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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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Maryland Stent Doctor Sentenced to 8 Years In Prison
November 12, 2011
A Maryland interventional cardiologist who was convicted in July, 2011 by a federal jury of six counts of healthcare fraud was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison on November 10, 2011. The cardiologist was found guilty of implanting coronary stents in patients who did not need the procedures,[...]
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