According to a report in Medscape, malpractice premiums for physicians declined in 2013.
The 1.9 percent decrease is small, but slightly more than the decrease in 2012, according to the Medical Liability Monitor survey. Some attribute the decreases to continued push for tort reform, with malpractice litigation going down. According to the report, premiums skyrocketed in the early 2000s but today there is about a 50 percent drop in malpractice claims per physician since the crisis.
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