News tagged with malpractice insurance premiums
Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits
(AP) -- Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll.
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Can medical malpractice reform really hold down health care spending?
Maxwell Mehlman, professor of law and medicine, says there's no evidence that reducing a victim's compensation will save money.
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine
(AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Report: Limiting medical lawsuits could save $41B
(AP) -- Limits on medical malpractice lawsuits would lead doctors to order up fewer unneeded tests and save taxpayers billions more than previously thought, budget umpires for Congress said Friday in a reversal that puts ...
Oct 10, 2009 |
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Falling public support for health-care reform can be turned around
Survey results published this week in the journal Health Affairs show that while only 27 percent of adults currently support the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's proposed healthcare legislation, an amended bill could gain ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Health overhaul draws groups' competing demands
(AP) -- Patients and doctors. Small businesses and multinationals. Retirees, workers and insurance companies.
May 10, 2009 |
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Electronic health records may lower malpractice settlements
Use of electronic health records (EHRs) may help reduce paid malpractice settlements for physicians, according to a new study. The study, which appeared in the November 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, showed a tren ...
Nov 25, 2008 |
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