Medical Malpractice
File Name:Medical Malpractice
Posted By:United States. General Accounting Office
Published on 1997 by
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Federally funded community and migrant health centers, which provide health care to more than 9 million people regardless of their ability to pay, are facing growing patient caseloads and increasing financial pressures. As a result, Congress gave these 716 centers an opportunity to reduce or eliminate their spending for private malpractice insurance--estimated at $50 million in 1994. By offering Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) coverage to these centers, the federal government has agreed to assume responsibility for malpractice claims against covered centers. Malpractice coverage provided by FTCA differs in many ways from that offered by private insurers. One of the significant differences is the lack of a monetary cap on liability coverage, which could play a significant role in determining the federal government's ultimate cost of providing FTCA coverage to community and migrant health centers. As more centers rely on FTCA for malpractice coverage, the federal government's potential liability will increase as will the need for risk management. The growth in FTCA coverage offers both the challenge of a greater federal liability to manage and a new opportunity to help community and migrant health centers improve the quality of their care.
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