title: Crisis? What crisis. Five states not experiencing crushing malpractice premium increases.
abstract: Five states not experiencing crushing malpractice premium increases. As daily headlines across the nation advertise the plight of physicians, medical practices and hospitals struggling to cope with soaring medical malpractice costs, five states--California, Colorado, Indiana, New Mexico and Wisconsin--have established countermeasures that are keeping them on the sidelines of the crisis.
authors.affiliation: lhs@mgma.com
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schneck
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003120:Colorado; D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D007196:Indiana; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000191:economics*; D016365:Liability, Legal / Q000191:economics; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009516:New Mexico; D014481:United States; D014922:Wisconsin