Posts tagged Medical Malpractice

• Incentives to Avoid Misdiagnosis Lacking

  David Lowe | February 23, 2006 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If we are to improve upon the alarming rate of physician misdiagnosis of illness, pay-for- performance is the way to go. But political will is going to be required to make this structural change in the health care system.A New York Times Story asks why doctors so often get it wrong in diagnosing illness. It appears that the answer lies in a failure of the health care system to reward success in...

• GOP Once Again Attempts to Impose Malpractice Caps

  David Lowe | February 21, 2006 9:21 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin are trying once again to circumvent the jury system by introducing legislation to impose caps on jury awards in medical malpractice cases. In July, 2005, the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the statutory limits on awards for pain, suffering and disability, emphasizing that the then-existing cap of $445,755 was arbirtary and unconstitutional. Citing concerns that...

• Another Run At Medical Malpractice Caps?

  Staff Writer | February 09, 2006 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  It seems the $8.5 million verdict awarded to Jessica Greenfield in a medical malpractice lawsuit last week has sparked another push at attempts to cap awards on pain and suffereing. The Wisconsin Medical Society is supporting the push for caps and giving the standard lines about doctors being forced out of the state due to high med-mal insurance premiums. However, study after study continues to...