An AMA analysis shows the highest prevalence of medical liability premium increases since 2005. Nearly one-third (31%) of liability insurers increased their premiums at the height of the COVID-19 ...

Research by the American Medical Association (AMA) finds 15 states reported double-digit percentage increases in premiums in 2022. Physicians are facing higher medical liability insurance costs for ...

The image by Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The price providers pay to insure themselves and their practices against ...

Jan. 31-- whereby lawyers can move cases to counties where the payouts are bigger -- may be on the way back. So what does this mean for Pennsylvania consumers? If past is prologue, we may well be in ...

In 2018, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Civil Procedural Rules Committee (rules committee) proposed elimination of Rule 1006(a.1) (venue rule), which requires that a medical professional liability ...

Political debate over medical malpractice reform seldom takes meaningful account of its policy context, including the emerging science of patient safety. Instead, stake-holders on both sides use the ...

As the new millennium dawned in 2000, the nation and world held their breath, anticipating our computer-dependent society’s potential collapse. It didn’t happen. Everyone exhaled a huge sigh of relief ...

Whether at a hospital, nursing home, surgical center or private office, physicians are encountering “Medical Director” opportunities more frequently than ever before. While physicians may be intrigued ...

With apologies to Prince, I wish I was dreaming when I wrote this, so forgive me if I state the obvious. Despite warnings beginning in 2019, our state government has largely ignored the Pennsylvania ...