Rural malpractice insurance resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2008 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/malpractice/ An update to the study Stable Losses/Unstable Rates study in 2002 examining three decades of the trends in medical malpractice insurance. -- Maine Child Support http://www.insurance-reform.org/StableLosses2007.pdf Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:43:54 CST http://www.insurance-reform.org/StableLosses2007.pdf This paper investigates the determinants of malpractice premiums. It reports three keyfindings. First, increases in tort awards, settlement payments, and defense costs explainwhy premiums have risen. Second, reforms to states' tort laws, such as reasonable capson non-economic damages, substantially reduce the cost of claims, and in turn,premiums. Third, anticompetitive behavior by insurers, health care costs, weak stateoversight, declines in investment income, and other features of capital markets are notimportant determinants of premiums. The policy implications of this evidence are clear. Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing malpractice premium growth and its adverse consequences. -- Physician Insurers Association of America http://www.piaa.us/pdf%5Ffiles/press%5Freleases/Kessler%5FMalpins%5FReport.pdf Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.piaa.us/pdf%5Ffiles/press%5Freleases/Kessler%5FMalpins%5FReport.pdf Discusses a study where trained physicians reviewed a random sample of closed malpractice claims from liability insurers to determine whether a medical injury had occurred and, if so, whether it was due to medical error. -- Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/articles/litigation.pdf Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/articles/litigation.pdf Written for Health Center clinicians who are (or will be) receiving Federal Tort Claims Act malpractice protection. Intended to provide a fundamental understanding of the Federal Tort Claims Act. -- Health Resources and Services Administration ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bphc/pdf/quality/2002clinicianhandbook.pdf Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bphc/pdf/quality/2002clinicianhandbook.pdf A report that is part of a series addressing medical malpractice insurance topics. This issue focuses on how a volatile malpractice environment affects health care delivery, and the impact of state tort reforms on premiums, claims frequency, claims payouts and physician supply. -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/pr/synthesis/reports_and_briefs/pdf/no10_policybrief.pdf Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.rwjf.org/pr/synthesis/reports_and_briefs/pdf/no10_policybrief.pdf Provides a variety of information that includes background information, data, events, research, bibliographies and organizations focused on medical malpractice insurance. -- Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=226&parentID=59&imID=1 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?id=226&parentID=59&imID=1