Posts tagged defensive medicine

• CBO Report On Tort Reform And Health Care Flawed

  Wayne Parsons | October 12, 2009 4:42 PM | 14 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Orin Hatch may have gotten the headline that his powerful insurance industry CFO's wanted but the headline isn't supported by the data in the latest CBO report on tort reform and health care....

• Tort Reform Has No Place In Health Care Reform

  Wayne Parsons | September 17, 2009 2:53 PM | 103 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  President Obama needs the support of all of us in regard to the efforts by the insurance industry to sneak tort reform into the health care bill before Congress. No back room deals with the...

• Defensive Medicine Health Care Case Study

  Wayne Parsons | October 03, 2009 2:51 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Does your doctor perform a lot of unnecessary tests when you go for a visit? Not mine. The typical situation is when I ask about getting tested for something that I saw on TV or read about and my...

• Christopher Sanders Died From Medical Malpractice - His Mom Laurie Asks Doctors to Be Accountable

  Wayne Parsons | October 02, 2009 12:17 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In an op-ed in the Charlotte (NC) Observer (10/1), Laurie Sanders, who settled a medical negligence case arising from the death of her son, Christopher, wrote: Lobbyists for the medical and...

• Insurance Reform Because Of Insurance Abuse

  Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The insurance industry has more money than any other force in American politics and their right wing conservative media forces, led by Limbaugh and O'Reilly are geared up to blitz the public with...

• Do Private Health Insurance Practices Causes Decline In Health Care Quality?

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Science Daily reports on 09 October 2009 that [t]he cost and quality of health care, as well as access to care and health outcomes, continue to vary widely among states, according to the...

• Is Congress Going To Get Rid Of All Of The Trial Attorneys With Tort Reform In Health Care?

  Wayne Parsons | September 25, 2009 7:36 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  My story on the current health care and tort reform debate it became clear to me that nothing and no one in this country can stand up to the insurance industry. Not President Obama even with a...

• HHS Tort Reform Study Grants Proposed By Obama To Reduce Malpractice Costs

  Wayne Parsons | September 18, 2009 4:27 PM | 3 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The AP (9/18) reports that on Thursday the Obama Administration announced $25 million in grants for states and health care systems to experiment with alternatives to costly medical malpractice...

• Obama makes case for healthcare reform in speech to doctors.

  Wayne Parsons | June 16, 2009 2:59 PM | 9 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  President Obama yesterday outlined his healthcare reform plans in a speech to the AMA in Chicago. The story was covered by all three network newscasts, though it took second billing to reports on...