Personal Injury Law

BCBS of Illinois to Refuse to Pay for Medical Errors

By Hurley, McKenna & Mertz

A recent article in the Chicago Tribune reports that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois will start to refuse to compensate physicians and hospitals for poor medical care that results in an injury to a patient. Previsouly, payment was expected even if there were major errors that resulted in an injury to the patient. This decision by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois should have a positive result for Illinois patients as it will force the physicians and hospitals to be accountable for the care that they provide.

Studies have shown that medical providers that are aware that they will be held accountable for medical errors are far less likely to commit medical errors. The public has a right to expect that their medical providers are providing them with the best medical care possible. The public also has a right to expectthere to be accountability by the medical providers that commit a medical error that results in injury.

The health care industry and the insurance companies have gone to great lengths to do what they can to restrict the opportunities for average citizens to pursue medical malpractice cases and to obtain justice. The attorneys at Hurley, McKenna & Mertz, P.C. have a strong history of pursuing difficult cases on behalf of average citizens who were injured due to a medical error and felt they had no where to turn. If you have been injured as the result of the mistake of a physician or hospital, contact Mike Keating at 312-602-1419 or mkeating@hurley-law.com.

Full post as published by Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer Blog on August 08, 2008 (boomark / email).