Rising Malpractice Costs

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Seeking shelter from rising malpractice costs: with malpractice insurance costs skyrocketing, government, provider groups, insurers, and others struggle to find solutions.

Specialty. Physicians practicing in traditionally high risk areas of medicine, such as emergency medicine, obstetrics, and neurology, tend to be hardest hit with premium increases. Average annual liability premiums paid by emergency physicians jumped 56.2 percent between 2002 and 2003 to $53,500, ...

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Health Care Law

Health care law involves many facets of U.S. law, including torts, contracts, antitrust, and insurance. In 1990 it was estimated that the United States spent over $500 billion on health care, which was more than 11 percent of the gross national product. The total annual expenditure on health care could double or even triple by the twenty-first century.

Medical Malpractice

One major area within health care law is medical malpractice, which is professional misconduct or lack of skill in providing medical treatment or services. The victims of medical malpractice seek compensation for their physical or emotional injuries, or both, through a negligence action...

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