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If a colleague is careless

November 3, 2006
By:Eric E. Shore, DO, JD, MBA

Malpractice Alert

Should you sign a "consent to settle"?

October 20, 2006
By:David Karp

Malpractice Alert

Do you need excess liability coverage?

October 6, 2006
By:Lee J. Johnson, JD

Primary care physicians rarely do the high risk procedures that result in big judgments.

Can I pay a patient's bills?

September 15, 2006
By:David Karp

Before offering to reimburse the patient's out-of-pocket expenses, report the matter to your liability insurer.

One physician learns firsthand that you are never really off-duty

January 8, 2010
By:Laura K. Snydman, MD

In-flight medical events are in an area of medicine that is often overlooked but occurring more and more.

Medical tourism liability may fall on domestic doctors

December 4, 2009
By:Brian S. Kern, JD

When a U.S. resident is sent abroad for treatment by a managed car company, does a patient have any available recourse if he or she is a victim of negligence?

Survey: Malpractice premiums

November 20, 2009
By:Gail Garfinkel Weiss

In the past decade, there was a sharp increase in medical liability premiums, but recently, malpractice insurance has started to level off, indicating a potential new trend.

2009 Medical Economics Survey methodology

September 18, 2009

The methodology and numbers behind Medical Economics' 2009 Exclusive Survey

Texas high court says liability cap applies to physicians, not insurers

March 16, 2009

A divided Texas Supreme Court found March 6 that an exception to the state's malpractice damages cap that allows further recovery when a liability insurer negligently fails to settle claims, applies only to insurers and does not apply to physicians.

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