Category Archives: hospitals

Part 3: Texas agent sees future for third-party medical malpractice insurance companies

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Mike Matray

Editor’s note: Today’s blogpost is the third in a three-part series on how a successful medical malpractice insurance agent views the future of the market and the broker’s role within it. The article it originates from was initially published in … Continue reading →

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Part 2: Texas agent shares how the role of rural hospitals will expand

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Mike Matray

Editor’s note: Today’s blogpost is the second in a three-part series on how a successful medical malpractice insurance agent views the future of the market and the broker’s role within it. The article it originates from was initially published in … Continue reading →

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Part 1: As hospitals acquire physician practices, Texas agent sees opportunity

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Mike Matray

Editor’s note: Today’s blogpost is the first of a three-part series on how a successful medical malpractice insurance agent views the future of the market and the broker’s role within it. The article it originates from was initially published in … Continue reading →

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Moody’s: Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Driven by Healthcare Delivery

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Mike Matray

side note: The article linked to below gives a synopsis of a recent analysis of the medical malpractice insurance market published by Moody’s Investment Services, the well-known provider of credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities. In its … Continue reading →

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Doctors Accepting Hospital Employment for Relief from Medical Malpractice Costs

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: This article details the reasons why many doctors are moving from solo, self-employed practice to working for a hospital system. This trend is troubling to many in the healthcare industry because it concentrates the physician force in certain … Continue reading →

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Who Pays for Your Prior Acts Medical Malpractice Insurance Coverage?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: This is an interesting, and likely unforeseen, aspect of the current rush of independent doctors to hospital employment. Who pays for the physicians’ tail, or prior acts, coverage? According to this article, that may be determined by which … Continue reading →

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Are You More Likely to Die in a Hospital from Medical Malpractice or in an Airplane?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Katie

Side Note: Even if you guessed that you’d be more likely to die in a hospital from medical malpractice, you might be surprised just how much more likely you’d be to die. According to WHO statistics, the chance of an … Continue reading →

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Med Mal Errors in the Outpatient Setting

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Katie

Side Note: Where do you think most medical malpractice errors occur that lead to med mal insurance claims? In a hospital or in a physician’s office? Most people would guess in the hospital, but a new study from Weill Cornell … Continue reading →

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Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett Signs ‘Fair Share Act,’ Ends Practice of Joint-And-Several Liability

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: Always a complicated market for medical malpractice insurance, Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett ends joint-and-several liability with the signing of the Fair Share Act..   Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett recently signed into law Senate Bill 1131, better known as the … Continue reading →

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Report on Malpractice Errors in Obstetrical Care Provides Road Map for Enhanced Patient Safety

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Mike Matray

side  note: The article below by CRICO Strategies—a patient safety and medical malpractice company owned-by and serving the Harvard medical community since 1976—attempts to unravel the events leading up to an obstetric claim of medical malpractice. What CRICO found was … Continue reading →

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