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Malpractice payments at their lowest value since 1999

August 28th, 2012 | Author: | Category: medical malpractice

Despite all the fingers pointed toward malpractice litigation as a cause of   rising healthcare expenses, total malpractice payments made on behalf of doctors   in 2009–$3.49 billion–represent just 0.14 of 1 percent of the Centers for   Medicare and Medicaid Services’ estimated $2.5 trillion in overall U.S.   healthcare spending for the same year, according to a consumer advocacy   association’s analysis of National Practitioner Data Bank records.
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