Medical Malpractice

• Pediatric Patients Beware

  Ben Glass | February 27, 2006 5:00 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  Studies published last week by the Journal of the American Medical Association reveal the shocking disclosure that most hospitals and health plans don't require board certification by those wishing to hold themselves out to the public as "pediatricians." In the article about hospitals 78 percent of hospitals did not require doctors to be board certified as pediatricians before they were given...

• "I'm Sorry" Banned in Washington

  Ben Glass | February 23, 2006 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  A Seattle, Washington newspaper is reporting on a compromise tort reform law agreed to by doctors and lawyers. The bill includes a provision similar to what we have in Virginia medical malpractice cases in that if a doctor or other health care provider apologizes or says he's "sorry" following a medical mishap, that statement is not admissible in a later lawsuit. This makes a lot of sense and...

• Medical Malpractice Crisis? Not!

  Ben Glass | February 16, 2006 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern Virginia, VA

  We've all heard that the main reason we pay so much for health insurance is because doctors pay so much for malpractice insurance. And the reason malpractice insurance rates go up is because "verdicts are out of hand." I've even seen doctors with big signs in their offices saying this. Only problem is that it's not true and study after study shows this.OK, so you would think that in states that...