Massachusetts Physicians Group Offers Update on Medical Liability Reform

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A Massachusetts physicians and hospitals association this week provided an update on the state’s implementation of the Communication, Apology, and Resolution (CARe) program.

The Massachusetts Alliance for Communication and Resolution following Medical Injury (MACRMI) is an organization formed in 2012. It was formed as the result of a research initiative that began three years ago and is led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide professional association of physicians.

MACRMI’s participants and supporters also include Baystate Health, Massachusetts Hospital Association, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, Medically Induced Trauma Support Services, as well as health insurers, provider organizations, and patient advocacy groups. The group is dedicated to the prompt resolution of medical liability arising from injuries to patients.

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Florida Regulator McCarty Offers Reform Map to Smaller Citizens Property Insurance

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Florida’s insurance commissioner has proposed a set of reforms designed to return the state-back property insurer to being a residual market, while at the same time offering the private insurance market incentives to take on more property risks.

Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty unveiled his proposals as lawmakers, regulators, business groups and other stakeholders begin a process that they hope will shrink the size of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. with its 1.3 million customers.

At a recent Florida Senate and Banking Insurance Committee meeting, Chair David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, said he believes it is time to seriously change the dynamics in the market while at the same time acknowledging that the path ahead will not be easy.

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New Mexico Weighs Reform of Taxi, Shuttle Regulation

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Lawmakers are proposing to revamp state regulation of taxis and moving companies to potential lower costs for consumers.

Reps. Tom Taylor, a Farmington Republican, and Carl Trujillo, a Santa Fe Democrat, are sponsoring the measure to make it easier for taxis, shuttles and limousines to expand their services into more parts of the state.

The proposal also will eliminate rate regulation of intrastate moving companies, treating them like interstate moving companies that are regulated for safety and insurance liability.

An independent think tank, called Think New Mexico, has recommended modernizing the regulation of motor carriers by the Public Regulation Commission.

The think tank was a leading advocate of constitutional amendments approved by voters last year to overhaul the PRC, including establishing an independent insurance regulator.

 

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Workers’ Comp Reform Bill Running Low on Time

August 28, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

The numbers continue to change and time is running out on a workers’ compensation reform bill that has California legislators scrambling to come up with a compromise that promises to both increase permanent disability benefits for injured workers and find savings in the state’s unwieldy workers’ comp system.

Now there’s talk of dropping reform efforts and taking them up again during a special session in December.

A hearing of the Assembly Committee on Insurance on Tuesday produced a few hours of testimony from the two parties negotiating the deal

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Consumers Uninformed About Health Care Reform

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