After years of controversy, the latest overhaul of New Mexico's medical malpractice laws took just 28 days this legislative session. Under a reform bill expected to be signed by Gov. Michelle Lujan ...

What Is Medical Malpractice Insurance? Medical malpractice insurance is a specialized form of business insurance for health care professionals. It’s also called “medical professional errors and ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri began looking Friday at whether the state should offer medical malpractice insurance to doctors unable to afford rapidly raising private insurance rates. The Department ...

Long before the legislative session started, a full-page ad accosted readers with this headline: “Medical corporations & insurance companies blame patients harmed by medical malpractice for the ...

Medical malpractice activity can be an indication of health care quality. Medical malpractice payouts vary widely from state to state, and are nearly 10 times as high in the worst state than in the ...

The Senate voted 40-2 late Tuesday in favor of a bill that would limit punitive damages in medical malpractice cases for the first time in New Mexico's history, sending it to Gov. Michelle ...

New Mexico lawmakers are in a race against time to pass medical malpractice reforms aimed at preventing doctors from leaving ...

High malpractice insurance costs and tort reform are hot topics for all physicians, especially for orthopedic and spine surgeons. Here, Patrick Sedlak and Mark Aldous, both senior vice presidents with ...

A bill that would make major changes to the New Mexico Medical Malpractice Act is headed to the governor’s desk after ...

Dr. Hector Lerma of Las Cruces wanders a hallway at the Roundhouse looking for legislators to talk to on Jan. 28. A medical ...