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November 2003 |
Malpractice protection efforts seem to come up short Medical malpractice insurance premiums continue to rise, even as some states place caps on non-economic damages, according to a survey by Weiss Ratings.   |
Managed Care
August 2005 |
Malpractice Payouts Flat But Premiums Rise 120% From 2000 to 2004, the amount that major malpractice insurers have collected in premiums has more than doubled, yet their payouts for compensatory damages have remained essentially flat. |
Managed Care
September 2006 |
Malpractice Premiums Constitute Small Component of Expenses Few issues galvanize the medical community like the cost of malpractice insurance, but a recent survey shows that the increases are less severe than many physician advocacy groups suggest. |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
Malpractice Fury Raises Concerns About Access Protests by physicians over rising malpractice insurance premiums may be signaling a political shift that could make doctors see Republicans as their allies, a public-advocacy official thinks. |
Managed Care
December 2002
Diane Cook |
Beware the Hidden Consequences of the Malpractice Crisis Soaring malpractice insurance rates are thinning out provider ranks in at least a dozen states. Could access problems pose issues for HMOs in those areas? |
Managed Care
February 2002 |
Industry Braces for Fallout From Docs' Malpractice Woes Malpractice insurance premiums are going up so quickly that many physicians are feeling pressure to stop offering certain procedures, to move to states that are friendlier to medical practices, or even to retire early... |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
No Malpractice From ProAssurance This medical malpractice insurer reports another strong quarter. Even though tort reform seems to be going nowhere fast, these shares trade at a pretty rich valuation relative to past levels. |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
'Doctors take oaths, lawyers take money' A review of the hourly compensation rates of lawyers and physicians by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals, however, greater increases in hourly wages reported by physicians from 1997 through 2001 than by their lawyer counterparts. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2009
Rick A. Jaye |
Captivating Captives Publicly traded Fortune 500 firms know the benefits of captive casualty insurance companies (captives). Now successful small to midsize businesses are discovering many of the benefits larger companies have long enjoyed. |
Managed Care
May 2003 |
Liability insurance premium hikes take bite out of physicians' income No wonder increases in physician liability insurance premiums have caused such uproar over the last year. Data show that physician income rose from 1999 to 2001. Liability insurance premiums skyrocketed, however, siphoning off an even greater portion of physician income. |
Managed Care
March 2005
John Carroll |
Going on the Offensive Against Defensive Medicine The $60 billion to $108 billion that could be saved through tort reform would help 2.4 million to 4.3 million uninsured get coverage, the government claims. |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2009
Catherine Arnst |
The Truth About Malpractice Lawsuits President Barack Obama tapped into a large vein of public support when he suggested recently that he is open to reforming medical malpractice laws. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004
David Henry |
ACAP: The Headaches Die Down Medical malpractice premium rates are up again at the insurer, with underwriting losses falling, which is fattening the bottom line. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
A Remedy For Malpractice Malaise Hospitals are offering free coverage to recruit doctors from private practice |
Managed Care
November 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Health insurance costs only increase by 9.2 percent this year....Humana agrees to pay $40 million in settlement... Department of Health and Human Services fails to report several medical malpractice claims... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Insurance Industry Conference Looks at Terrorism, Drug Coverage, Malpractice Insurance and M&As The role of government in supplementing the private insurance industry and the industry's response to terrorism were recurrent themes at the seventh annual conference of Wharton's Financial Institutions Center and the Brookings Institution held earlier this month. |
Managed Care
April 2000 |
Liability Closer; Work on Physician Bargaining Begins A House-Senate conference committee expects to craft a compromise managed care reform bill by the end of this month. The sometimes contentious committee meetings have been punctuated by disagreement on liability.... |
Managed Care
March 2004
John A. Marcille |
With Updating, Old Ways Often Prove To Be Worthwhile The quality of life in America is better than most, so why are we so unhappy? We strive to make things better, case in point, health care networks. |
Managed Care
August 2001 |
GAO: Consultants Point Docs Toward Federal Law Violations The General Accounting Office has found that some health care consultants have been advising physicians to do things that conflict with federal laws and that may be unethical... |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
Employer-based coverage up in strong economy Health insurance premiums rose 8.3 percent over the past year for all types of coverage, according to an annual survey of employers... |
CFO
May 15, 2012
David McCann |
Key-Person Insurance: A Cash-Flow Caveat Classifying premiums paid on company-owned life insurance policies as an operating use of cash can distort operating and free cash flows, says a new study. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Your Doctor Is Killing You ... Financially What the doctor does has a big effect on how much health care costs. |
Managed Care
June 2006 |
Fewer Doctors Contract with Managed Care Although it was stable in the mid-1990s, the proportion of physicians without any managed care contracts rose from 9.2 percent in 2000-2001 to 11.5 percent in 2004-2005, according to a report. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2006
Emil Lee |
Insurance Industry Basics: Premiums What are they, and how do they work? Like great value investors, great insurance companies do business only when risk-adjusted returns are favorable. |
Insurance & Technology
April 5, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Rocky Mountain Low Insurers and Colorado lawmakers are squaring off over a bill that would require P&C and medical malpractice insurers to disclose information related to expenses, claims and payouts, as well as restrict rating methods used within the state. |
Managed Care
October 2002 |
For locum tenens physicians, money's not everything -- but it's not bad Primary care physicians and internists who have tried "temping" have found something to their liking: fewer hassles, decent money, and enough perks to make it economically feasible. |
Managed Care
January 2002
Donald Wilcox & Stephanie Kanwit |
Debating RICO Suits vs. Health Plans States Failed To Protect Docs From Insurers... Patients Will Suffer; Greedy Lawyers to Blame... |
Managed Care
April 2002 |
What's An E-Mail Consultation Worth? The answer depends on whom you ask. A search of news archives turns up two reported experiments with reimbursement of physicians for e-mail communication with patients... |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
P&C Insurance Feeling the Squeeze It appears competition is starting to heat up in the property and casualty insurance sector, which may change the low pricing many of these companies have enjoyed. |
Managed Care
November 1999 |
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Suit Against HMOs Over Incentives Can HMOs be sued for the practice of offering bonuses to physicians who help them keep the cost of care down?... |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2003
John S. McClenahen |
Order In The Torts Despite company plans to settle asbestos claims, business continues to seek federal civil-suit limits. The states, however, may have the final word. |
AskMen.com
Tara Weiss |
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor There were once many rewards to being in the medical profession. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. Those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Jason Van Steenwyk |
E & O and U Since 2001, advisors nationwide have been rocked with increases in professional liability insurance premiums. |
Entrepreneur
June 2009
Cliff Ennico |
Keep Lawsuits off Your Back 5 ways to reduce your liability risk. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Adam J. Wiederman |
Prevent Large Caps from Killing Your Returns Investors can easily gain some additional income from large caps by trading options. |
Managed Care
March 2001 |
To Control Costs, CalPERS Rejects All Bids for 2002 In a dramatic attempt to keep a lid on health care premiums, the California Public Employees' Retirement System threw out every bid it received from health plans competing for a chunk of its business in 2002.... |
CIO
June 1, 2003 |
Onboard the IT Train Training I.T. workers isn't easy -- rapid technological change, cost and the economy are among the barriers to effective training programs, the U.S. General Accounting Office found in a recent study of large companies' programs. The GAO identified six best practices, though. |
Financial Advisor
January 2009
Mary Rowland |
Getting The Most From No-Lapse Coverage No-lapse universal life keeps growing, but few understand these policies. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Arizona Nixes Doc Incentives, OKs Plan Liability The publicity given to the Texas attorney general's agreement with Aetna overshadowed a more sweeping edict in Arizona regarding financial incentives to physicians.... |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Insuring Your Small Business: Part 3 If you can't buy every type of coverage, you need to prioritize. Without the right insurance coverage, you may be putting the source of your current and future income at risk. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
David A. Twibell |
House Calls Working with physicians can be rewarding, but to be successful, advisors need to develop the skills to tackle the unique problems facing doctors. |
Managed Care
May 2003 |
Premiums up, benefits down for M+C Premiums continue to rise for Medicare+Choice beneficiaries while the benefit selection gets somewhat narrower, a study funded by the Commonwealth Fund and conducted by Mathematica Policy Research finds. Monthly premiums rose from about $23 in 2001 to about $37 in 2003. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2005 |
Do You Need Long-Term Care Insurance? Don't put off at least thinking about it. Here are some quick guidelines to help determine your long-term care insurance needs. |
Managed Care
October 2000
Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Steven B. Epstein, J.D. This pioneering medical legal authority says health plans and physicians should stop fighting over scraps the government throws them... |
Managed Care
January 2002
Ed Rabinowitz |
When Physicians' Skills Fail, Collaboration Beats Punishment New programs hold promise for rehabilitating sound physicians who have, for any number of reasons, lost some of the skills they started with... |
Entrepreneur
November 2003
Jacquelyn Lynn |
Safety Dance Get safety policies in place now, and avoid liability for your business later. |
Inc.
February 2004
Inc. Staff |
The Ills of Medical Care Letters to the editor: the malpractice factor... the personality factor... the factor factor... |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2006
Tim Hanson |
So Which Stocks Should I Buy Now? The stocks you should buy now aren't large caps or small caps or mid-cap precious metals plays. They're the best companies you can find at the best prices. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Robert Brokamp |
Raise Your Deductible? You can lower your insurance premiums by increasing your deductible -- but is it worth it? |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why Small Caps Are Safer Than You Think While large companies will reel from the past year's implications for a long time to come, small companies are already in position to benefit. |
