The Charleston Gazette - Price of Practice Topics http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg The Charleston Gazette - Price of Practice http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102270006 CLAIMS ALLEGE HOST OF DOCTOR ERRORS The thousands of malpractice cases reported to the state Board of Medicine since 1993 allege a host of medical errors and negligence by doctors.

Many blame doctors for a death. Others fault physicians for brain ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102270006 Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102270007 LAWYERS BASH SUIT SCREENING PROGRAM Lobbyists for the West Virginia Medical Association want legislators to consider a system Maine uses to screen all malpractice lawsuits.

A panel that includes both a doctor and a lawyer reviews each suit before it ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102270007 Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102260006 MEDICAL ASSOC., INSURANCE FIRM MAKE SECRET DEAL There are a number of reasons why the West Virginia Medical Association has teamed up with an insurance company, Medical Assurance, to allege that meritless malpractice claims are driving up insuranc...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102260006 Mon, 26 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102260007 INSURANCE RATES UP DRAMATICALLY West Virginia doctors who say they pay too much for medical malpractice coverage should count their blessings - they could be living in Detroit, Fort Lauderdale or El Paso, where obstetricians pay well over $100,000 ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102260007 Mon, 26 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102250009 ABOUT THIS SERIES ... The West Virginia Medical Association and other Mountain State doctors are complaining that increased numbers of medical malpractice lawsuits and higher malpractice insurance premiums are creating a health-car...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102250009 Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102250010 STATE HAS SEEN SHARP INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DOCTORS The number of doctors in West Virginia has increased yearly, contrary to reports by the state Medical Association that doctors are fleeing the state in reaction to medical malpractice costs. ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102250010 Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102250011 MALPRACTICE CLAIMS HAVE DECREASED Doctors in West Virginia say a medical malpractice crisis threatens the state. Rising insurance rates are driving them to retire early, limit their practices and even leave the state, they contend. Doctors and ins...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200102250011 Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:00:00 -0500