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FYIFrom: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D. (apgar10@montanadsl.net)Thu Oct 24 09:50:00 2002
Excerpted from an AMA publication: 2) Pennsylvania physicians call on Commonwealth to address state liability crisis A gathering of 250 physician leaders at the annual House of Delegates meeting of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PaMS) held this past weekend declared the state's medical liability insurance crisis a "code blue" emergency and called on elected officials to bring under control the skyrocketing costs of liability insurance before patient care further deteriorates. "Escalating insurance rates, including the surcharge from the state-run MCARE Fund, combined with state law requiring doctors to carry insurance, could snap the thin thread from which health care is hanging," said Edward H. Dench Jr., MD, PaMS president. The statewide governing body of physicians also called on all health insurers to improve reimbursement levels so that Pennsylvania is minimally comparable to the national median. In addition, if the state fails to bring liability insurance costs to an affordable level, members of the House of Delegates discussed the possibility of physicians across the state needing to change their medical license status to "inactive" to avoid breaking the law if they are unable to pay the high premium rates. Learn more at http://www.pamedsoc.org/page_detail.cfm?id=1835
-- Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D. Rocky Mountain Women's Health 2835 Fort Missoula Rd., Suite 303 Missoula, Montana, 59804 406-549-0978 fax 406-549-0987 e-mail: apgar10@montanadsl.net
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