Re: Hospital Liability Requirement
From: Joe Cutchin (forcep@intercom.net)
Fri Mar 26 06:28:43 2004
Unfortunately you must have hospital that will allow you to have no
insurance.Where is that?
Douglas Krell wrote:
> Did anyone NOT see the article in yesterdays WSJ??
> An increasing number of OBGYN's and other high
> risk specialists are going without liability insurance and having their
> patients
> agree to sign release of liability forms...or face dismissal from the
> practice.
>
> It surprised me to learn that the majority of the patients agreed
> to sign the form. They are considered legal contracts...they have just not
> been
> tested in court.
>
> If we all had patients sign waivers...then perhaps we might see fewer
> nuisance suits...lower premiums??????
>
> Douglas Krell MD
>
> >From: Joe Cutchin <forcep@intercom.net>
> >Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net
> >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
> >Subject: Re: Hospital Liability Requirement
> >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:52:39 -0600
> >
> >Yes,you are correct,Lynn.I was dismissed from Md hospital not because I
> >didn't have gyn insurance but that I could not purchase 21 year tail
> >coverage for ob which I had stopped a year earlier.
> >
> >"Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D." wrote:
> >
> > > Heh y'all,Can anybody direct me to where I can find out about how
> > > physicians in Florida went about getting hospitals to repeal the
> > > requirement for proof of liability insurance to have admitting
> > > privileges. In the "old days", I can see where there was not a big
> > > problem with this, but now with premiums out of control and other
> > > avenues available for us as physicians, this seems to represent
> > > restriction of trade or just plain extortion.Lynn Lynn D. Montgomery,
> > > M.D.Maternal-Fetal Medicine, OB/GYNRocky Mountain Women's Health2835
> > > Fort Missoula Rd., Suite 303Missoula, Montana, 59804406-549-0978fax
> > > 406-549-0987e-mail: apgar10@montanadsl.net
> >
>
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