Posts tagged "New York"

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her 2022-2023 Executive Budget in late 2021, which included a more than $10 billion, multi-year investment in the state’s healthcare system. It also contained two proposals that would affect the medical liability community. Executive Budget Proposal: Healthcare Initiatives and Workforce Expansion The governor’s budget proposal would fund healthcare initiatives […]

Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers (PRI) launched EmPRO Insurance Company on September 15, 2020, to provide medical professional liability (MPL) insurance in New York. EmPRO, administered by PRIMMA LLC—PRI’s attorney-in-fact—aims to offer physicians a stable insurance solution supported by PRI’s financial resources.  Initially focused on New York, EmPRO has since expanded to cover additional states in the […]

To improve patient safety and ensure accountability among medical professionals, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced a detailed plan to reform the oversight of doctors and other healthcare providers. This overview details the key steps taken in this initiative, focusing on efforts to increase transparency and discipline in the healthcare sector.  The Proposal Announcement Governor […]

The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF) issued its 2021/2022 Judicial Hellholes report in December last year. The annual release documents abuses of the civil justice system in jurisdictions the pro-tort reform group says are among the most unfair and out-of-balance in the nation.  The ATRF is a branch of the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), […]

Medical directors hold a unique role in healthcare settings, often overseeing clinical operations and providing guidance on medical procedures and policies. However, this responsibility comes with increased liability risks that are not typically covered by standard physician malpractice insurance. Medical director insurance is designed specifically to address these unique exposures, ensuring that physicians in these […]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed for a second time the Grieving Families Act (GFA), a bill that would have expanded recoverable damages in wrongful death claims to include noneconomic damages. Under the current 177-year-old law, compensable damages in wrongful death actions are limited to economic loss only. New York and Alabama are the only […]

side note: It will be interesting to see what develops in the state of New York b/c of this. There are some serious Medical Malpractice Insurance issues in that state that really need to be addressed by the government. BusinessInsurance.comby Roberto Ceniceros NEW YORK—Acting New York Insurance Superintendent Kermitt Brooks on Wednesday said he will […]

by Michael Matray, editor of Medical Liability Monitor New York’s medical malpractice insurance market was the subject of two lengthy articles last month that examined the state’s shifting competitive landscape and the questionable finances of its second-largest insurer of medical liability, Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers (PRI). In an article dated April 9, Politico New York primarily […]

Today we are writing about New York med mal coverage and risk retention groups (RRGs). Whenever a physician asks us what are the best and worst states to practice in from a med mal coverage standpoint, we always have to mention New York as the later. Unfortunately for physicians and caregivers in New York, New […]