Download or read book Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act MICRA Provisions written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 MICRA Implementation Manual written by Horvitz, Levy & Amerian (Firm). and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Changing the Medical Malpractice Dispute Process What Have We Learned from California s MICRA written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975, amid growing concern over the price and availability of medical malpractice insurance, California changed the laws that govern how personal injury claims arising from health care treatment are litigated and resolved. Today, the same concerns are fueling a vigorous national debate, and Congress is considering various proposals that would impose new rules on all states that have not already adopted restrictions on malpractice litigation. Many proponents of such new rules point to California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) as a model for change. MICRA limits to $250,000 the amount a plaintiff can recover at trial for noneconomic damages such as pain, suffering, emotional distress, or mental anguish. (Economic damage awards, for out-of-pocket expenses such as medical care costs and wage loss, are not capped.) A jury can award whatever amount it believes is appropriate for noneconomic loss, but following the verdict the judge will reduce that portion of the award to $250,000 (if necessary) prior to entering the final judgment in the case. MICRA also limits plaintiffs' attorney fees in malpractice cases according to a sliding scale based on the size of the recovery, with the fee percentage decreasing as the plaintiff's recovery increases. Prior to the enactment of the law, neither trial awards nor plaintiffs' attorney fees in California medical malpractice cases had any statutory limitations on their size. This brief summarizes the results of a new RAND study that examined the effects of MICRA on litigants in actual trials. Analysis of data from 257 plaintiff verdicts from 1995 to 1999 showed that the MICRA cap on noneconomic awards was imposed in 45% of the trials; awards most likely to be capped involved death cases, cases with the severest nonfatal injuries, and plaintiffs less than 1 year old; defendants' liabilities were reduced by 30%; attorney fees were reduced by 60%; and plaintiffs' net recoveries were reduced by 15%. (2 figures).

Download or read book The California Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 written by Ellis J. Horvitz Law Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Assessing the Need to Enact Medical Liability Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Care Reform Issues relating to medical malpractice May 20 1993 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medical Malpractice written by Richard E. Anderson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books such as this one are deceptively difficult to create. The general subject is neither happy, nor easy, nor most anyone’s idea of fun. M- practice litigation, however, has become a central fact of existence in the practice of medicine today. This tsunami of lawsuits has led to a high volume of irreconcilable rhetoric and ultimately threatens the stability of the entire health care system. Our goal has been to provide a source of reliable information on a subject of importance to all who provide me- cal care in the United States. The book is divided into four sections. Part I gives an overview of insurance in general and discusses the organization of professional - ability insurance companies in particular. Part II focuses on the litigation process itself with views from the defense and plaintiff bar, and the physician as both expert and defendant. Part III looks at malpractice litigation from the viewpoint of the practicing physician. Some of the chapters are broadly relevant to all doctors—the rise of e-medicine, and the importance of effective communication, for example. The other ch- ters are constructed around individual medical specialties, but discuss issues that are of potential interest to all. Part IV looks ahead. “The Case for Legal Reform” presents changes in medical-legal jurisprudence that can be of immediate benefit. The final two chapters take a broader perspective on aspects of our entire health care system and its interface with law and public policy.