At the same time, the price of an average malpractice insurance policy increased 70 percent over last year, Pitts said. In some cases, he said, hospitals have even stopped providing ...

Dr. Alana Williams watched her medical malpractice insurance premiums nearly double between 2018 and 2023—from $44,908 to $77,394. The Albuquerque OB-GYN faced a choice: keep performing gynecological ...

In all sectors – from eggs on the grocery store shelves, car repair costs, mortgage rates and what it costs to see your doctor – Americans everywhere are experiencing higher prices on goods and ...

In New Mexico's sprawling northeast corner, residents have only one health care option, for everything from medical emergencies to annual physical exams: Union County General Hospital (UCGH), a ...

Medical professionals are encouraged to take out malpractice insurance to cover damages and costs arising from errors or negligence. Mental health professionals also have the opportunity to protect ...

Malpractice insurance, professional liability insurance (also called professional indemnity insurance), and errors and omissions (also called E&O insurance) are closely related. But what should you ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The state's largest medical malpractice insurer says it will cut its average premiums by 5.2 percent starting July 1. Wednesday's announcement by ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. comes less ...

Just over half of US physicians have been named in a medical malpractice lawsuit, and just over half of those doctors have been defendants multiple times. Plaintiffs most often seem to go after ...

You've been sued for medical malpractice. If you are a physician in the United States, that is not an unlikely scenario. An analysis by the American Medical Association shows that almost half of all ...