Side Note: Georgia physicians have a new rule to play by. If a physician in the state of Georgia does not have physician liability insurance, he or she must disclose this to his or her patients. “Going bare,” as it is often called, is pretty uncommon, and should be, for several reasons. We here at […]

Side Note: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Hopefully, that will be the case with the state of Oregon when it comes to tort reform. Just this past year, the state introduced two bills: one that would establish a cap on non-economic damages and another that would establish a panel to review […]

Side Note: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law an “I’m Sorry” law for Michigan physicians. The law allows physicians to express sympathy related to suffering, pain or death and not have it used again them as evidence in a medical malpractice lawsuit. However, the law would “not apply to a statement of negligence […]

Side Note: In 2008, Tennessee passed legislation that required a patient to obtain a “certificate of good faith” for their medical malpractice case in order to proceed with the case. This has dramatically reduced the number of med mal cases filed in the state. Since 2008, the number of med mal lawsuits filed has dropped […]

Side Note: Governor Bill Haslam is working on med mal reform in the state of Tennessee. His proposal, which has been fairly well-received by some and not so well-received by others, proposes caps on med mal damages, which we here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com are in favor of supporting. Governor Haslam’s proposal originally recommended a $500,000 cap […]

Side Note: It’s tough being a physician in New York state. New York has some of the highest med mal policy rates in the country. If you’d like to view a history of New York med mal rates over the past 10 years, we have them. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like any sort of med […]

Side Note: Oregon physicians once knew what is was like to practice medicine with caps on med mal lawsuits –and then they didn’t. But, maybe they will again? Gov. John Kitzhaber is in the midst of a broad health care overhaul for the state of Oregon. And, currently his “transformation team” is working to convert […]

Side Note: The state of Massachusetts is embarking on new health care reform. Governor Patrick recently introduced a bill that, if signed into law, would do a lot for med mal reform in the state. Already known for being progressive on health care issues, because of the state’s almost universal health care coverage, it comes […]

Side note: Republican congressmen from Louisiana are eager for the new session of Congress to begin. The #1 item on their agenda…. the repeal of Obama’s historic health care overhaul. But there is one problem, they are uncertain of what they will propose in its place. Experts believe that the vote against health care reform […]