More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps
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After Texas limited awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors arrived from all over the country.
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Dr. Kenneth M. Greene wasn't sure how his 1,500 patients would react when he asked them for a $10 contribution to help pay his $11,000 malpractice insurance bill.
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Miami (Knight Ridder) -- In a major development that 600,000 doctors have been waiting almost a year for, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the doctors can pursue their class-action lawsuit charging the major health insurers with
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Md. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) has predicted that a new wave of obstetricians will close their practices in the wake of a 33 percent rise in the cost of malpractice insurance, which takes effect Wednesday.
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Consumers may soon have more information to help them select a doctor when they need an operation or other serious medical procedure.
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The federal government today launched a program that provides increased Medicaid payments to doctors that use electronic health records.
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Seeing low fees for family doctors as a weak link in the nationâs health care system, some big employers and health insurers are seeking new ways to pay doctors to reward high-quality medical care.
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Several of the largest health care providers in the county have sued the Sheriff&#39;s Department, claiming they have been shortchanged by at least $1.2 million over the past 15 months for medical care given to sick jail inmates.
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GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Some defense lawyers say they may get some unexpected help on their cases because a new state medical examiner performed several autopsies without first obtaining the required Connecticut medical license.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - Overworked, sleepy  doctors-in-training who hit the road after work are as much a  hazard as drunk drivers, a finding that could unleash a wave of  lawsuits against U.S. hospitals, a researcher warned on  Wednesday.
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SINGAPORE : The number of medical lawsuits jumped eight times in the last decade - from five cases in 1990 to 40 in 2000. There is concern that this could lead doctors to practise
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When Gov. Ernie Fletcher signed a death warrant for a convicted killer this month, he may have done more than start the clock ticking on an execution. Some say Fletcher, a doctor, may have put his medical license at risk.
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Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards...
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Maryland's largest insurer of doctors will return to the state $84 million it has collected through a taxpayer-financed subsidy program to help pay malpractice premiums, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) and state regulators announced yesterday.
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LAYING DOWN THE LAW: Florida voters this month approved a first-in-the-nation law to revoke the licenses of doctors who have three malpractice judgments against them.
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The attorney general is looking into whether insurers forced patients to overpay for out-of-network doctors.