President Obama has called upon all citizens to rise to the challenges facing our nation.  He has consistently said that the government can assist, but it’s up to us to make the necessary changes.  Part of what it takes to make change is tightening the belt to pay for the witless excesses of the past.  [...]

A growing number of physicians across the nation are requiring their patients to agree that they will not post negative statements about them on the Internet.  Medical Justice, founded by Dr. Jeffrey Segal, which has some 2000 members at this time, prescribes this waiver as a method of protecting their practices against false allegation.  The [...]

Senator Edward Kennedy has been holding closed-door meetings to discuss possible solutions to the healthcare situation for several months now.  Amongst participants are leading individuals in the insurance industry, politicians, etc. — everyone and everyone it would take to resolve the need for lower medical costs and universal insurance.    Speaking on condition of anonymity, word [...]

An online publication recently begged the question, “How Competent Is Your Surgeon?” In the piece, the writer claims that a friend was in a Florida hospital for an appendectomy, but a records check showed that the staff surgeon had been sued five times… and that all five times the case was settled out of court. [...]

On January 20, 2009, NORCAL, one of Presidio’s top Medical Malpractice carriers, announced the integration of management operations with PMSLIC, a subsidiary acquired by NORCAL in 2002.  While some of the executive staff of Pennsylvania-based PMSLIC, will be added to NORCAL’s executive offices, James Sunseri continues as President and CEO of NORCAL and CEO of [...]