Did you know that medical malpractice insurance companies often offer discounts for medical practices which participate in Risk Reduction programs?  In fact, most reliable carriers offer risk reduction information and counseling free of charge.   This is one of the discounts which may be available to your practice. What is Risk Reduction? Methods of minimizing one’s [...]

Pennsylvania’s Governor Edward Rendell claims that the medical malpractice crisis declared in 2002 is now over within his state. If that seems unlikely, your intuition is working well. The reason for the declaration? The governor wants to stop paying out one billion dollars per year to subsidize the cost of medical malpractice insurance claims. But [...]

With so much attention focused on reforming the healthcare industry, many points and facets are coming into the spotlight.  Some have pointed out that health care costs are higher in the U.S. than in other countries for the same procedure (but often leaving out pertainent facts, including government sponsorship of those facilities, etc.)  Everyone agrees [...]

The State of New Hampshire has seized $110,000,000 in private Medical Malpractice mutal funds to balance the state’s budget, according to Charles Arlinghaus, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy.  The fund, like most mutual funds, was money set aside in case of loss — funds which rightfully and by state statute belong to [...]

While nearly all physicians intend to help, to cure, and do no harm, we must afford an honest look at those few exceptions which cause the rest to endure high Professional Malpractice costs.  Perhaps in examining them, we’ll have taken the first step in a meaningful change that amounts to reformation.  The sad truth is [...]