Majority Of Docs Face Malpractice Claims

Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs for Kaiser Health News’ Daily Report.

This week in Research Roundup:

New England Journal of Medicine explorers the frequency of malpractice claims and cumulative risk of malpractice claims across specialties.
The Government Accountability Office examines the Health & Human Services Physicians Feedback Program.
Health Affairs looks into how many Medicare Advantage options is too many.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute evaluate the success of efforts to increase the enrollment of children in Medicare and CHIP.

Read more in the Daily Report.

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<h1>Majority Of Docs Face Malpractice Claims</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Shefali S. Kulkarni</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2011-08-19T17:29:32-04:00">
			August 19, 2011		</time>
		</div>
<p>Every week, Kaiser Health News reporter Shefali S. Kulkarni compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs for Kaiser Health News’ Daily Report.</p><p>This week in <a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2011/August/19/KHN-Research-Roundup.aspx">Research Roundup</a>:</p><ul><li>New England Journal of Medicine explorers the frequency of malpractice claims and cumulative risk of malpractice claims across specialties.</li><li>The Government Accountability Office examines the Health & Human Services Physicians Feedback Program.</li><li>Health Affairs looks into how many Medicare Advantage options is too many.</li><li>The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute evaluate the success of efforts to increase the enrollment of children in Medicare and CHIP.</li></ul><p><a href="http://www.kffhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2011/August/19/KHN-Research-Roundup.aspx">Read more in the Daily Report</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/majority-of-docs-face-malpractice-claims/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/majority-of-docs-face-malpractice-claims/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/majority-of-docs-face-malpractice-claims/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Majority%20Of%20Docs%20Face%20Malpractice%20Claims&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fmajority-of-docs-face-malpractice-claims%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/majority-of-docs-face-malpractice-claims/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/majority-of-docs-face-malpractice-claims/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/majority-of-docs-face-malpractice-claims/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=699&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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