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. states had the most and least medical malpractice reports filed over the last ten years.
NiceRX found that New York had the highest number of medical malpractice reports filed against doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, with 15,951 medical malpractice reports filed between 2012 and 2022, which represented 19.03 medical malpractice reports per 10,000 residents during that time period. Georgia came in second, with 2,994 medical malpractice reports, representing 8.06 medical malpractice reports per 10,000 residents. Georgia was third, with 6,078 medical malpractice reports (6.84 medical malpractice reports per 10,000 residents).
NiceRX found that Wisconsin had the least number of medical malpractice reports filed between 2012 and 2022, with 588 medical malpractice reports filed during that time period, which represents 1.01 medical malpractice reports per 10,000 residents. The state with the second least medical malpractice reports was Minnesota, with 643 medical malpractice reports (1.15 medical malpractice reports filed per 10,000 residents). North Dakota was third, with 100 medical malpractice reports during the ten-year period, representing 1.32 medical malpractice reports filed per 10,000 residents.
NiceRX reported that Ohio had the most expensive medical malpractice lawsuits during the 10-year period ($853.3 million), followed by Connecticut ($798.35 million) and Arizona (nearly $725 million). NiceRX reported that Maryland had the least costly medical malpractice lawsuits ($1.08 million) followed by Texas ($1.052 million) and Georgia ($1.28 million).
NiceRX stated the following with regard to its methodology: “By delving into health data, we found that the states with the most medical malpractice reports filed in the last 10 years were geographically diverse. By considering each state’s population size, we were able to get an accurate result for the number of malpractice reports … We started by looking at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Data Analysis Tool to generate a data set for medical malpractice payment reports. To make the data more relevant to modern-day practice, we filtered the results from 2012 to 2022. We were able to collect the reports for each state, and the total amounts of malpractice payments made by healthcare providers during the ten-year period. This data is accurate as of 06/10/2022. We collected each state’s population size and were able to calculate the number of reports filed by the population, to get a more accurate representation of the number of medical malpractice reports. This data is accurate as of 19/10/2022. We were able to rank each state by the total number of medical malpractice reports by population and the total costs of payments, to find the top-scoring states for both factors.”
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