Dive Brief:
- A new report from the Center for Health Affairs suggests that health courts could help accomplish medical liability reform.
- These courts would be used when a patient or doctor disputes a judgment by an insurer panel on whether a patient is entitled to compensation for medical injuries.
- This approach would be similar to the system currently used for workers' compensation.
Dive Insight:
Health courts have been under discussion for many years, with researchers generally agreeing that such courts could help parties wade through complex medical issues fairly. After all, with a well-informed judge and no jury, parties to the case could be confident that impartial experts were making the decisions. It's well past time to watch study after study affirm the value of this model; let's roll it out and see if it works as well in practice as it does in theory.