Government
Md. tort reform task force named
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 19, 2004
Maryland has a new governor-appointed Task Force on Medical Malpractice and Health Care Access. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. June 25 announced a group of 20 people that includes legislators, lawyers, doctors, administrators, a trial court judge and others interested in the state's medical liability insurance problems.
The task force is scheduled to meet this summer and fall and consider changes to the tort system, patient safety and the insurance industry that could help temper rising insurance costs, which are driving some physicians out of business. It's expected to report its findings in November.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/07/19/gvbf0719.htm.