Questionable Doctors Database Debuts on Web
By Unknown Author of ConsumerAffairsJune 6, 2002WASHINGTON, June 6, 2002 -- The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen is making its Questionable Doctors database available on the Internet. The first...
View ArticleNot Enough Malpractice Suits, Researcher Claims
By Solange De Santis of ConsumerAffairsOctober 18, 2004Medical malpractice has become a political football, one that's been kicked around in the presidential campaigns and debates. For the Republicans,...
View ArticleReport Finds No Link Between Doctors' Premiums and Malpractice Suits
By Unknown Author of ConsumerAffairsApril 21, 2005 A new report finds no link between doctors' rising insurance premiums and medical malpractice lawsuits filed by injured patients. At the same time...
View ArticleReport Suggests Malpractice Insurance Price-Gouging
By Unknown Author of ConsumerAffairsJuly 12, 2005July 12, 2005 State officials are responding sharply to a study that suggests doctors are victims of price-gouging by insurance companies who continue...
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Medical Malpractice Payments Hit Record Lows
Injured patients receiving less compensation, report claimsBy Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairsJuly 7, 2009Medical malpractice payments were at or near record lows in 2008, but a study released by Public...
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Study Finds Little Action Taken Against Dangerous Doctors
State medical boards either lack information or lack incentive to act By Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairsMarch 15, 2011Think someone is making sure your doctor is competent? Don't be too sure.An...
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Feds Take Down Malpractice Database
No explanation given for removal of data that has been public for 15 yearsBy Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 19, 2011For more than 15 years, researchers, reports and policymakers have been...
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Journalism Groups Make Malpractice Database Public
Obama Administration blocks doctor discipline records, threatens reporterBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 22, 2011A few days ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Feds Admit They Removed Malpractice Data to Protect Physicians
Public database, built and maintained with public funds, now closed to the publicBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 28, 2011An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Public Citizen: Medical Malpractice Payments Hit Record Low Last Year
The consumer watchdog says this discredits claims that medical malpractice payments account for soaring health care costsBy James Limbach of ConsumerAffairsJuly 11, 2012Medical malpractice payments in...
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How much do 'catastrophic' malpractice payouts add to healthcare's rising costs?
A study says 'not much,' but makes a case for reducing errors that lead to claimsBy James Limbach of ConsumerAffairsMay 1, 2013You rarely hear a conversation about the cost of healthcare without the...
View ArticleGE: Malpractice Caps Don't Work
By Unknown Author of ConsumerAffairsOctober 27, 2004 Do caps on medical malpractice damage awards hold down doctors' liability insurance premiums? The nation's largest medical malpractice insurer says...
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