The medical malpractice insurance industry has been buzzing with the news of the SCPIE (Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange/American Healthcare Indemnity) acquisition by The Doctors  Company.  The Doctors Company, based in Napa, California, is now the largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability in the country.  Whether or not this proves to be better [...]

A California Radiology Group plans to hire a radiologist to read films from his home in Colorado.  A practice commonly referred to as teleradiology, a branch of telemedicine. This teleradiology practice raises questions concerning whether the physician is practicing medicine in California or Colorado and subsequently will the California-based insurance carrier extend coverage for this [...]

Governor Patterson of New York  signed a bill today (August 27, 2008) that proposes to give relief to physicians under the burden of astronomically rising medical professional liability insurance  premiums; suspend a proposed surcharge until June 2009; and give the State of New York additional time to develop a permanent solution to the medical malpractice [...]