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Liability System Reform
Tort
reform and the skyrocketing cost of medical liability premiums
are major healthcare issues, as doctors find themselves unable
to financially maintain certain elements of their practice,
and hospitals - some of which are facing triple-digit premium
increases - struggle to maintain patient access to services.
Reform
of Connecticut's medical liability system, with the particular
objective of addressing the increasing cost of medical liability
insurance, is an advocacy priority for CHA. The Association
is working to advance measures that will stabilize and ultimately
reduce medical liability insurance costs and promote predictability,
efficiency, and fairness in medical malpractice litigation.
Related
Resources
CHA's
Position on Medical Liability System Reform
Click
here for the July 25, 2005 letter from CHA President and
CEO Jennifer Jackson and Vice President of Government Relations
Jim Iacobellis to Connecticut's Congressional Delegation urging
them to support medical liability system reform.
Related
Testimony
Friday,
April 8, 2005
SB
1052, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice; SB 1364, An
Act Concerning Reforms Related To Medical Malpractice Insurance;
SB 513, An Act Limiting Expert Testimony In Medical Malpractice
Cases; SB 514, An Act Concerning Periodic Payment Of Medical
Malpractice Awards; SB 515, An Act Concerning The Bifurcation
Of Medical Malpractice Actions; SB 1354, An Act Requiring
Notice Of Medical Malpractice Actions And Notice To Patients
Of Diagnostic And Laboratory Test Results; SB 1362, An Act
Requiring Disclosure Of Liability Insurance Policy Limits
Prior To The Filing Of A Claim; HB 6811, An Act Concerning
Offers Of Judgment; HB 6814, An Act Concerning Collateral
Source Benefits In Civil Actions; and HB
6817, An Act Requiring Specific Findings Of Damages In Jury
Verdicts
Patrick
J. Monahan, CHA General Counsel and Vice President, Patient
Care Regulation, testified on medical malpractice-related
legislation and the impact of increasing malpractice insurance
premiums on hospitals and physicians. Also providing testimony
were Richard A. Brvenik, President & CEO, Windham Community
Memorial Hospital; Patrick Charmel, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Griffin Hospital; Sarah Cohn, Executive
Director, Legal Services, Yale New Haven Health System;
Christopher Hartley, Senior Vice President, Saint Francis
Hospital and Medical Center; Pet er J. Karl, President &
CEO, Eastern Connecticut Health Network; Kevin Kinsella,
Vice President, Hartford Hospital; Alfred A. Lerz, President
& CEO, Johnson Memorial Hospital; Richard E. Pugh, President/CEO,
New Milford Hospital; and Laurence Tanner, President/CEO,
New Britain General Hospital.
Click
here to view Mr. Monahan's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Brvenik's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Charmel's testimony.
Click
here to view Ms. Cohn's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Hartley's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Karl's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Kinsella's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Lerz's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Pugh's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Tanner's testimony.
Monday,
March 28, 2005
SB
1333, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice Reform
Patrick J. Monahan, CHA General Counsel and Vice President,
Patient Care Regulation, testified about the impact of increasing
malpractice insurance premiums on hospitals and physicians.
Yale New Haven Health System also submitted testimony on
the bill.
Click
here to view Mr. Monahan's testimony.
Click
here to view Yale New Haven Health System's testimony.
Tuesday,
March 15, 2005
SB
1296, An Act Concerning Professional Liability Premium Relief
For Research Obstetricians And Gynecologists Who Provide
Medicaid Care In Academic Institutions, and SB
1299, An Act Concerning The Extension Of Medical Malpractice
Insurance Coverage Upon Retirement
CHA
testified in support of these bills, which would establish
a state-funded reimbursement mechanism or post-retirement
coverage mechanisms that result in the stabilization or
reduction of liability premiums for hospitals and other
providers.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Thursday,
March 10, 2005
SB
1252, An Act Establishing A Medical Malpractice Reinsurance
Fund
CHA
submitted testimony on this bill, which would create a state-funded
Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Fund for the purpose of
reimbursing professional liability insurers for medical
malpractice awards in excess of $1 million. Click
here to view the testimony.
Thursday,
February 10, 2005
SB
131, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice Insurance Reform;
SB 431, An Act Requiring Prior Approval For Medical Malpractice
Insurance Rates; SB 765, An Act Concerning Consent To Settle
Clauses In Medical Malpractice Insurance Policies; HB 6131,
An Act Reforming The Medical Malpractice Insurance Laws;
and HB 6545, An Act Concerning Mechanisms For Providing
Medical Malpractice Insurance
Thomas
P. Pipicelli, President/Chief Executive Officer of The William
W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, Christopher
Dadlez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Saint Francis
Hospital and Medical Center, and Alfred A. Lerz, President
and CEO, Johnson Health Network/Johnson Memorial Hospital,
submitted testimony on these bills related to medical malpractice
insurance rates. Patrick J. Monahan, CHA General
Counsel and Vice President, Patient Care Regulation, presented
testimony on the bills.
Click
here to view Mr. Pipicelli's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Dadlez's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Lerz's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Monahan's testimony.
2004
Testimony
Tuesday,
October 5, 2004
Testimony
concerning medical malpractice insurance reform submitted
to the Insurance and Real Estate Committee.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Wednesday,
March 17, 2004
HB
5669, An Act Concerning Procedures In Medical Malpractice
Actions
CHA submitted written testimony on this bill to the Judiciary
Committee.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Thursday,
March 11, 2004
SB
568, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice and Health Care
Quality
Click
here to view the testimony of Yale New Haven Health System.
Click here to view
the testimony of Patrick Charmel, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Griffin Hospital.
Click here to view
the testimony of CHA Vice President and General Counsel
Pat Monahan.
Thursday,
March 4, 2004
SB
483, An Act Concerning Reforms to the Medical Liability
and Patient Safety Systems
Chris Hartley, Senior Vice President of Saint Francis Hospital
and Medical Center, testified on this bill.
Click
here to view the testimony.
SB
394, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice Insurance Reform
SB 469, An Act Concerning Reforms To The Medical Liability
And Patient Safety Systems
Click
here to view the testimony of Lucille Janatka, President
and CEO of Midstate Medical Center.
Click here to
view the testimony of Thomas Pipicelli, President and CEO
of The William W. Backus Hospital.
Click here to
view the testimony of CHA Vice President and General Counsel
Pat Monahan.
Monday,
March 1, 2004
HB
5043, An Act Implementing the Governor’s Budget Regarding
the Judicial Department, the Department of Correction, Medical
Malpractice Reform, the Recovery of State Assistance and
Prevention of Internet Child Exploitation.
Yale
New Haven Health System submitted testimony to the Judiciary
Committee on the medical malpractice section of this bill.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Monday,
March 1, 2004
HB
5043, An Act Implementing The Governor’s Budget Regarding
The Judicial Department, The Department Of Correction, Medical
Malpractice Reform, The Recovery Of State Assistance And
The Prevention Of Internet Child Exploitation
Click
here to view the testimony of Marc Lory, President &
CEO of Eastern Connecticut Health Network
Click here to view
the testimony of CHA Vice President and General Counsel
Pat Monahan.
Thursday,
February 19, 2004
SB
60, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice; SB 61, An Act
Establishing A Healthy Connecticut Fund, A Patient Compensation
Fund And A Reinsurance Fund; SB 141, An Act Implementing
The Recommendations Of The Program Review And Investigations
Committee Concerning Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates
Several
CHA members testified on these bills, which offered favorable
liability reform measures but no cap on non-economic damages.
Click
here to view the testimony from CHA Vice President and
General Counsel Patrick Monahan.
Click
here for testimony from Patrick Charmel, President and
CEO of Griffin Hospital.
Click
here for testimony from Richard Brvenik, President and
CEO of
Windham Community Memorial Hospital.
Click
here for testimony from R. Christopher Hartley, Senior
Vice President of
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center.
Click
here for testimony from Al Lerz, President of Johnson
Memorial Hospital.
Click
here for testimony from Susan L. Davis, R.N., Ed.D., President/CEO
of
St. Vincent’s Medical Center.
Click
here to view the testimony from J. Kevin Kinsella,
Vice President, Hartford Hospital.
Thursday,
September 18, 2003
Testimony
to the Legislative Program Review and Investigations Committee
Vice
President and General Counsel Patrick J. Monahan II testified
on behalf of CHA and its members on issues related to medical
malpractice insurance rates at the Legislative Program Review
and Investigations Committee's September 18, 2003, public
hearing.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Tuesday,
April 29, 2003
SB
1166, An Act Concerning Methods Of Funding Medical Malpractice
Awards And Disproportionate Share Payments
CHA
submitted testimony on this bill and about the impact that
unpredictable and steeply rising costs to healthcare providers
are having on our entire healthcare delivery system.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Friday,
April 11, 2003
HB
6574, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums
Several
CHA members submitted testimony on this bill.
Click
here to view the testimony of
Frank Kelly, President/CEO, Danbury Hospital.
Click
here to view the testimony of
Ann Errichetti, M.D., President and CEO, Day Kimball Hospital.
Click
here to view the testimony of
William J. Riordan, President/Chief Executive Officer, St.
Vincent's Medical Center.
Click
here to view the testimony of
Patrick A. Charmel, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Griffin Hospital.
Click
here to view the testimony of
Brian G. Grissler, President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Stamford Hospital.
Click
here to view the testimony of
Marc H. Lory, President and CEO, Eastern Connecticut Health
Network.
Click
here to view the testimony of
David W. Benfer, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Hospital of Saint Raphael.
Click
here to view the testimony of
Patrick Monahan, Vice President and General Counsel, CHA.
Click
here to view the testimony of
Yale-New Haven Health System.
Tuesday,
March 18, 2003
Medical
Liability System Reform Testimony
CHA
submitted written testimony to supplement the testimony
it provided on February 13, 2003, concerning the need for
medical liability system reform in Connecticut.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Thursday,
March 13, 2003
SB
1088, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates
Testimony
opposing this bill was submitted by Griffin Hospital President
and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Charmel, New Britain
General Hospital President/CEO Larry Tanner, and CHA Vice
President and General Counsel Pat Monahan.
Click
here to view Mr. Charmel's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Tanner's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Monahan's testimony.
Tuesday,
February 25, 2003
HB
6456, An Act Concerning Medical Malpractice
CHA
presented written testimony opposing this bill, which presents
serious threshold constitutional questions, because it would
deprive litigants of an opportunity for a jury trial.
Click
here to view Patrick Monahan's testimony.
Click
here to view Patrick Charmel's testimony.
Thursday,
February 13, 2003
CHA
Panel Presents Testimony on Medical Liability System Reform
A
panel representing CHA submitted testimony on medical malpractice
reform to a joint hearing of committees. Testimony was presented
by Sarah Cohn, director of legal affairs at Yale-New Haven
Hospital; R. Christopher Hartley, senior vice president
at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center; and Pat Monahan,
vice president and general counsel at CHA. In addition,
David W. Benfer, president and CEO of the Hospital of Saint
Raphael, submitted written testimony.
Click
here to view Ms. Cohn's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Hartley's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Monahan's testimony.
Click
here to view Mr. Benfer's testimony.
Monday,
February 10, 2003
HB
6403, An Act Establishing A Reasonable Time Period For Making
Claims For Injury Caused By Negligence, Misconduct Or Malpractice
CHA
submitted testimony on this bill to the Judiciary Committee.
Click
here to view the testimony.
Tuesday,
March 12, 2002
HB
5688, An Act Concerning A Study Of The Effect Of Increasing
Malpractice Insurance Costs On The Provision Of Healthcare
In The State
CHA
Vice President and General Counsel Pat Monahan testified
in support of a bill that would study the effect of increasing
malpractice insurance costs on the provision of healthcare
in the state. The Public Health Committee raised this bill
on behalf of CHA.
CHA's
testimony on this bill
Thursday,
March 7, 2002
HB
5647, An Act Concerning Notice Of Medical Malpractice Insurance
Filings
CHA
submitted testimony in support of a bill that would require
insurance companies to file notices of increases in medical
malpractice claims with the Department of Insurance.
CHA's
testimony on this bill
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