The Tennessean, Nashville, TN - Mar 20, 2009
...McWhorter also attributed some of the excess costs in the nation's health-care system to providers practicing "defensive medicine" to ensure they comply with the numerous regulations and avoid medical malpractice lawsuits...
New fraud unit targets workers' comp abusers
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL - Mar 20, 2009
...the Illinois legislature passed the Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2005, which made workers' compensation fraud a class 4 felony, and created a state Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit to crack down on these cases...
Thursday at the North Carolina General Assembly
The Fayetteville Observer, NC (Associated Press) - Mar 20, 2009
..._ S734, would require that details of negotiated settlements to medical malpractice lawsuits be reported to the state Insurance Department. Sponsor: Sen. Joe Sam Queen, R-Haywood...
Lawyers divided over proposal
Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, WI - Mar 19, 2009
A 14-year-old law that established negligence thresholds in personal injury and medical malpractice cases could be amended by a provision in Gov. Jim Doyle’s 2009-11 budget...
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