The Insurance Department has determined that the annual assessment to be levied for calendar year 2012 shall be 23% applied to the prevailing primary premium for each participating health care provider.
The total assessment cost for 2012 will be $203,824,513. This amount is $26,741,075 more than what was collected form the 2011 assessment to cover claims
In Klutschkowski v. PeaceHealth, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that Oregon’s statutory cap on non-economic damages does not violate the state’s constitution remedy and jury trial clauses in an action brought to recover injuries sustained during child birth. Oregon law provides, with certain exceptions, “in any civil action seeking damages arising out of bodily…the
In Wojnicki v. Warren Geriatric Village, Inc. a malpractice action against Dr. Manisha Gupta and Anchor Senior Medical Services, LLC., a Michigan state court ruled that the nursing facility must indemnify Dr. Gupta for failing to provide the tail portion of a claims made malpractice policy.
The issue in this case was which party is
One component of the ongoing health care reform debate is the cry for tort reform. While tort reform would certainly be welcome in the health care industry, the need for tort reform is more an issue of justice than controlling health care costs. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Congressional Research Service provided a report (Medical
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department published a notice in the Saturday October 24, 2009 PA Bulletin announcing the 2010 MCare assessment to be 21% of the “prevailing primary premium,” which is the Joint Underwriting Association’s (JUA) occurrence rate.
The Wall Street Journal published an insightful article on Special Needs Planning in its Family Finances Section on October 9, 2008."An Estate Plan Built for Special Needs" highlights the emotional and financial challenges facing parents with special needs children and commonly employed planning methods. Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts are not
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The board of the Texas Medical Liability Trust recently approved an average rate reduction of 4.7
PHYSICIANS LEARN THAT CHARITY ENDS AT THE OFFICE
Although charity may begin at home, two different physician groups, one on the east coast and one on the west, have learned that charity stops at the office.
Tax Deductions For Contributing Good Will
In Derby v. Commissioner, TC No. 10930-02, the United States Tax Court
I spoke with Eric Berkman as he reported the lead story on retail clinics in the current issue of Massachusetts Medical Law Report, as did a number of other authorities on the subject. Massachusetts recently promulgated "limited service" clinic regulations in order to regulate retail clinics appropriately, after CVS applied for a host of