Planned Valley health collaborative misses cut for federal funds
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Apr 2, 2009
...The health centers qualify for enhanced reimbursement, as much as $100 per visit based on service costs, rather than the $18 per visit Medicaid allows. They also qualify for additional federal grant money and malpractice insurance, which can save millions of dollars each year, said Lahoz...

Nevada court addresses medical malpractice backlog
The Modesto Bee, CA (Associated Press) - Apr 1, 2009
The Nevada Supreme Court is taking steps to resolve a backlog of medical malpractice lawsuits through a "settlement marathon" in May...

Malpractice disclosure advances
The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC - Apr 1, 2009
...The details of medical malpractice judgments and settlements greater than $75,000 would be released to the public under a bill that cleared the House on Tuesday. Currently none of that information is made available to the public...

Opinion - Philip K. Howard: Just Medicine
New York Times, NY - Apr 1, 2009
...According to a 2006 study in the New England Journal of Medicine, around 25 percent of cases where there was no identifiable error resulted in malpractice payments. Nor is the system effective for injured patients — according to the same study, 54 cents of every dollar paid in malpractice cases goes to administrative expenses...