Cats prowls the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre. Doctors may no longer make house calls, but they are answering patient e-mail messages - and being paid for it.
...Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in California, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Colorado and Tennessee are beginning to pay doctors similar amounts ($24 to $30, including any co-payment) for online consultations....The records could even be useful in fending off medical
malpractice lawsuits, according to Eric Zimmerman, a senior vice president of RelayHealth, based in Emeryville, Calif.
Doctors may no longer make house calls, but they are answering patient e-mail messages - and being paid for it.
... Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in California, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Colorado and Tennessee are beginning to pay doctors similar amounts ($24 to $30, including any co-payment) for online consultations.... The records could even be useful in fending off medical
malpractice lawsuits, according to Eric Zimmerman, a senior vice president of RelayHealth, based in Emeryville, Calif.
WASHINGTON - With the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopa e dic Sur geons (AAOS; Rose mont, Illinois) held last week in the nation's capital, a little political talk was probably both inevitable and unavoidable.
... The president and the many supporters of this policy say that passing a nationwide limit on frivolous
malpractice lawsuits would reverse some of the escalating healthcare costs....Currently, California,
Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico and Wisconsin are the only states that have instituted some sort of medical liability caps.
This column has nothing to do with Leif Ericson, Christopher Columbus, nor for that matter, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein nor the first Cro-Magnon to deduce that a balloon rubbed vigorously upon your scalp will cause your hair to stand on end and a balloon to adhere to a nearby wall.
... Vail Daily News for Vail and Beaver Creek
Colorado - News ... Say, for example, a dispute revolves around a doctor's alleged
malpractice.
U.S. Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The revolving door between the U.S. Congress and the firms seeking to influence it is spinning faster than ever.
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Colorado, who switched from the Democratic to Republican parties while in the Senate; Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat; and Don Nickles, an Oklahoma Republican; and Representatives Max Burns, a Georgia Republican; Cal Dooley, a California Democrat; Jack Quinn, a New York Republican; Chris John, a Louisiana Democrat; Charles Stenholm, a Texas Democrat; and George Nethercutt, a Washington Republican....sponsor of a medical
malpractice bill, backed by Bush, that would protect drugmakers from punitive damages in lawsuits over medicines approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- President Bush has made tort reform a key part of his second-term agenda, citing the need to fix what's called a long-broken legal system.
... Proponents of reform say cases like a
Colorado woman's $900 judgment against two teenage girls for scaring her with a nighttime cookie delivery, or instances where lawyers get rich paydays at the expense of their injured clients as reasons for overhauling the system.... Legislation affecting asbestos claims, medical
malpractice cases and even for lawsuits against fast-food restaurants are on the horizon.
The Senate gave preliminary approval Feb. 17 to a three-pronged medical malpractice bill backed by business groups and physicians. The measure would provide a legal shield for doctors' apologies,
... Senate Backs
Malpractice Changes Sought by Physicians ... Doctors say a so-called "I'm sorry'' provision like ones already enacted in such states as
Colorado and Wyoming would improve patients' relationships with doctors and make patients less likely to sue.
The cumulative effect on physicians of annual jumps in medical malpractice insurance rates is manifesting itself in northeast Ohio, which is seeing increased evidence of doctors leaving the area at their own initiative or because they've been recruited by places where practicing medicine is less expensive.
... The cumulative effect on physicians of annual jumps in medical
malpractice insurance rates is manifesting itself in northeast Ohio, which is seeing increased evidence of doctors leaving the area at their own initiative or because they've been recruited by places where practicing medicine is less expensive.... Matyas said another doctor, who took a leave of absence from the hospital due to high medical
malpractice rates, now is practicing in
Colorado.
The continuing rise of medical insurance premiums for doctors is an enormous concern for the medical community and affects many Americans across the country.
..." Only six states -- California,
Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico and Wisconsin -- are considered stable, as they are the only ones that have instituted some type of reform...." Passing a nationwide limit on non- economic damages in medical
malpractice lawsuits would reverse these dangerous trends.
Can saying sorry help malpractice reform? The power of two little words is hoped to break the logjam in the medical malpractice reform squabble. A group of doctors, trial lawyers, insurance brokers and patients' advocates have formed a nationwide advocacy group called The Sorry Works! Coalition.
... Can saying sorry help
malpractice reform? ...
Colorado, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Wyoming all have laws allowing doctors to apologize to patients without the fear that the admission will be used against them in court, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
