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Re: The Future?? From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Wed Aug 15 10:28:31 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: The Future??" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: More Americans are traveling abroad for surgery." In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: The Future??" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: The Future??" You guys have all the angles, eh? LOL Art At Wed, 15 Aug 2007, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 8/15/2007 9:42:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time, >forcep@intercom.net writes: > >Gang: I thought the following might be of interest to you. A local >prominent group of 6 ob-gyn's has been taken over by a Federally funded >organization which orginally and continues to have a grant for primary >health care in a rural area. My understanding is that their total >malpractice premiums forced their decision to become employees of that >organization. Our hospital requires 1-3 million in malpractice coverage >as per by-laws - the hospital is self insured up to 2 mil with an excess >policy. This group now comes under the Federal Tort Law which caps at >500K. The public does not know this nor are they being informed. So is >this a model for future? A locally controlled group using Federal >dollars to pay >expenses and salaries of physicians who are somewhat protected by a >Federal malpractice cap? > >Well, I think the first test is to see whether the "Federally funded >organization" is properly under the Federal Tort Claims Act and related statutes, or >is this merely sleight of hand to try to make it look like it. Just because >you have a "grant" doesn't necessarily mean ... > >Joe P. > -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: The Future??" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: More Americans are traveling abroad for surgery." In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: The Future??" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: The Future??"

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