Medicaid Expansion and Medical Liability Costs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingshu Luo ◽  
Hua Chen ◽  
Martin F. Grace
Keyword(s):  
Medical Liability ◽  
Medicaid Expansion ◽  
Liability Costs

scholarly journals Medical Liability: Review of a Whole Year of Judgments of the Civil Court of Rome

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6019
Author(s):  
Michele Treglia ◽  
Margherita Pallocci ◽  
Pierluigi Passalacqua ◽  
Jacopo Giammatteo ◽  
Lucilla De Luca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Malpractice ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Medical Liability ◽  
Medical Law ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Civil Court ◽  
Specialized Section ◽  
Liability Costs ◽  
Reported Data

Background: Complaints about medical malpractice have increased over time in Italy, as well as other countries around the world. This scenario, perceived by some as a “malpractice crisis”, is a subject of debate in health law and medical law. The costs arising from medical liability lawsuits weigh not only on individual professionals but also on the budgets of healthcare facilities, many of which in Italy are supported by public funds. A full understanding of the phenomenon of medical malpractice appears necessary in order to manage this spreading issue and possibly to reduce the health liability costs. Methods: The retrospective review concerned all the judgments drawn up by the Judges of the Civil Court of Rome, XIII Chamber (competent and specialized section for professional liability trials) published between January 2018 and February 2019. Results: The analysis of data concerning the involved parties showed that in 84.6% of the judgments taken into account, one or more health facilities were sued, while in 58.2% of cases, one or more health workers were present among the defendants. When healthcare providers are the only ones to be summoned, it is dentists and aesthetic doctors/plastic surgeons who undergo most of the claims. In the overall period analyzed, the amount paid was 23,489,254.08 EUR with an average of 163,119.82 EUR. Conclusion: The evidence provided by the reported data is a useful tool to understand medical malpractice in Italy, especially with regard to the occurrence of the phenomenon at a legal level, an aspect still hardly mentioned by existing literature.

Push Continues for Medical Liability Reform

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Medical Liability

Medical Liability for Off Label Use of Drugs in Romania

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 755-757
Author(s):  
Ionut Vida Simiti
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Medical Liability ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Off Label Use ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Off Label ◽  
Scientific Support ◽  
The Common ◽  
Label Use

Breaking the limits of the risks for the human body, health or even the life of the patient, as assumed by the pharmaceutical producers, by using a drug off label, for its side effects, in another purpose or even against the purpose for which the drug was authorized by the National Agency of Medicine and Medical Devices, is not in itself illegal if the off label use has the common consent of both the doctor and the patient for a treatment and only for a treatment which, although a spread procedure, has little or no scientific support. But if the patient is subjected to unreasonable risks, endangering his body, health or life beyond the possible benefits of the treatment, without being informed about the lack of scientific support, the doctor is liable not only for malpractice (civil medical liability) but also for a criminal offence.

Disparities in the Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Adults in Poverty

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon W. Yan ◽  
Frank A. Sloan ◽  
Chien-Wen Tseng ◽  
John Boscardin ◽  
R. Adams Dudley
Keyword(s):  
Medicaid Expansion ◽  
The Impact
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