tailieunhanh - Retainer-Based Physicians: Characteristics, Impact, and Policy Considerations

The Board is the repository of medical malpractice payment data. It receives reports of medical malpractice payments from the courts, medical malpractice insurance carriers and from physicians. In November 2004 the Board issued a report analyzing medical malpractice payment data from 1994 through 2003. Among many significant findings, the report shows that the number of medical malpractice payments in Massachusetts peaked in 2001 and has since declined by 17%. The size of malpractice payments, however, continues to grow. Perhaps most surprising, the report found that fully 13% of all malpractice payments made, and 13% of all dollars paid during the. | Elizabeth Hargrave Ayesha Mahmud Kate Quirk NORC Laura Summer Jack Hoadley Georgetown University Retainer-Based Physicians Characteristics Impact and Policy Considerations A study conducted by staff from NORC at the University of Chicago and Georgetown University for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission MedPAC 601 New Jersey Avenue NW Suite 9000 Washington DC 20001 202 220-3700 Fax 202 220-3759 The views expressed in this report are those of the authors. No endorsement by MedPAC is intended or should be inferred. October 2010 No. 10-9 Retainer-Based Physicians Characteristics Impact and Policy Considerations Final Report NỌRC at the UNIVERSITY OF Chicago Submitted to Cristina Boccuti Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Authors Elizabeth Hargrave NORC Laura Summer Georgetown University Jack Hoadley Georgetown University Ayesha Mahmud NORC Kate Quirk NORC March 2010 MedPAC Task Order E4058967