Sentences with phrase «on medical malpractice insurance»

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PRI is a major medical malpractice insurance firm, whose existence depends on New York State legislation that exempts the firm from being liquidated even though its liabilities exceed its assets.

A federal indictment handed down on Thursday alleged former state Senate Majority Leader Skelos strong - armed a medical malpractice insurance firm to provide his son, Adam, with more than $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits through a no - show job while the firm lobbied Skelos on legislative matters.

The indictment adds one allegation not included in the complaint, stating that Adam Skelos received more than $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits from a no - show job with an unidentified medical malpractice insurance firm that was «actively lobbying» his father on legislative matters.

On paper, New York's second - largest medical malpractice insurance company struggled in 2015: Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers» liabilities surged to $ 138 million more than its assets, a gap that had been $ 86 million a year before.

During the trial, Bonomo pinned PRI's financial issues on state insurance regulators, who set the premiums that medical malpractice firms can charge doctors.

Last year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that enacting medical malpractice reform would, on average, reduce malpractice insurance costs by 10 percent nationwide, and probably more in New York, resulting in a more than $ 300 million of overall reduction in health care spending in our state budget.

«The fact that there is another law on the books granting an exemption... to medical malpractice insurance companies from these stringent requirements not only puts medical liability policyholders at risk, but all New York residents and companies who purchase auto, home and business insurance coverage.»

The firm and a client, Physicians Reciprocal, depended on Albany for medical malpractice insurance funding and legislation.

And on April 1, lawmakers passed a state budget granting a significant benefit to medical malpractice insurance companies operating in the red, such as PRI, a measure Cuomo reportedly opposed but eventually assented to at legislative leaders» insistence.

He has said that «there is too much money on the table» in medical malpractice cases, which, he contends, drives up the cost of malpractice insurance premiums and health care overall.

To get started we need electronic medical record software, a dispensary, acupuncture needles, linens, rent, licencing fees, malpractice insurance, association memberships, continuing education credits, website maintenance and hosting, and the list goes on.

First up, Insurance Journal reports on «A Recipe for Balanced Tort Reform,» a new book in which two law professors propose an «early offers» program for quickly settling medical malpractice and product liability lawsuits.

Dismissing the complaints of tort reformists who argue that inflated jury verdicts in medical - malpractice cases are creating a crisis in the insurance industry, Satin says any plaintiffs» lawyer worth his salt knows that it doesn't pay to take on a bad case hoping for a settlement.

A shareholder in the Casualty Department, Mark has spent his legal career defending insurance carriers, self - insured companies and individuals on a broad array of matters including products liability, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents and medical malpractice cases.

Our focus is on successful litigation and trial practice, including automobile wrecks and other catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, work injuries, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, and disputes over insurance, land, commercial business, and much more.

Examining the impact of «tort reforms» and «caps» on damages enacted in response to the 2002 - 2006 medical malpractice insurance crisis, AIR finds:

Because investigations can touch on relevant legal issues, experts in property damage, medical malpractice, finances, commodities, accident reconstruction and insurance all use Legal Files to track evidence, exhibits, interviews and other critical pieces of information for investigations.

In 2004 Mike and Jamie Carey formed Lamb and Carey Law in Helena, which continues the specialty practice of personal injury with an emphasis on FELA, medical malpractice, products liability, nursing home negligence, accidents (car, truck, motorcycle, boats), wrongful death, head injuries, and insurance bad faith matters.

While serving on the bench, Justice Sandra Schultz Newman heard a broad range of cases from intellectual property to construction, medical malpractice, products liability, environmental and insurance coverage disputes.

Prior to joining Lewis Johs, Thomas was a Senior Associate at an insurance defense firm where he worked on medical malpractice, premises liability and toxic torts cases, including asbestos litigation.

Adam practices commercial and general insurance defence litigation, with an emphasis on errors and omissions, medical malpractice, highways liability, products liability and coverage disputes.

He has lectured on medical malpractice litigation and trial techniques for both the Suffolk County and New York State Bar Associations and to various clients and insurance carriers on trial tactics, damages issues, accident investigations, and jury selection.

Our Houma accident attorneys represent victims of sex crimes, medical malpractice and nursing home abuse and neglect, injuries caused by dangerous or hazardous conditions on property, and cases where an insurance company has acted in bad faith in the handling of your claim.

When you're filing a claim because of a defective product or medical malpractice, your case depends on the strength of your attorney to go up against large corporations and insurance companies.

He currently works on cases involving serious personal injury, brain injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, defective products, and insurance bad faith.

The underlying policy is that not having to defend against frivolous lawsuits will translate into suppressing the cost of medical malpractice litigation, which would in turn lower the cost of the medical malpractice insurance premiums charged to healthcare providers and so on up the chain.

Cindy defends hospitals, Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) and other health organizations in many medical malpractice actions on behalf of the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada.

If you've been seriously injured in an accident or due to medical malpractice, finding the right Maine personal injury lawyer to take on the insurance company and protect your rights and interests can seem overwhelming.

In fact, California's medical malpractice insurance industry has become so bloated due to this cap, that «as little as 2 or 3 percent of premiums are used to pay claims» and «the state's biggest medical malpractice insurer, Napa - based The Doctors Company, spent only 10 percent of the $ 179 million collected in premiums on claims in 2009.»

«[T] he statutory cap on wrongful death noneconomic damages does not bear a rational relationship to the stated purpose that the cap is purported to address, the alleged medical malpractice insurance crisis in Florida.»

Focusing on civil litigation, Mr. Jacobs has extensive experience in litigating cases involving complex business disputes, professional liability, product liability, insurance agents and brokers» liability, premises liability, construction defects, personal injury, medical malpractice, insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, white collar crime and employment law.

The doctor will be doing exactly the same work that he did during his fellowship, including remaining on the university medical center's faculty, but for reasons related to hospital billing practices and medial malpractice insurance requirements, his technical, and therefore petitioning, employer will be the private pediatrics practice group.

Ted practices as general litigation counsel with an emphasis on the following practice areas: Personal Injury, Class Proceedings, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defence, Employment Law, Medical Malpractice, Food Borne Illness, Construction Law and Appeals.

Dr. Greeley has worked on intellectual property, product liability, antitrust, commercial, employment, insurance coverage, environmental, personal injury, and medical, accounting and legal malpractice cases, many of which have been high stakes and highly publicized.

The cost of medical malpractice insurance varies depending on your practice and where it's located, in addition to several other factors.

Because hands - on, psychomotor competencies can not be measured conclusively by a paper - and - pencil or computer - based test, the mandatory education requirement — which must include a practicum of 160 hours or more — distinguishes the CMA (AAMA) from all other medical assisting credentials, and provides employers, patients, malpractice insurance carriers, and third - party accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) with tangible evidence that CMAs (AAMA) are not only knowledgeable about the multifaceted dimensions of the profession, but also competent in the clinical and administrative duties that are required in ambulatory care delivery settings.