Are doctors required to have medical insurance?

For the most part, yes. No doctor wants to be caught without malpractice insurance if he or she is the target of a lawsuit. The insurance will shield the doctor’s finances and family from a jury award. The malpractice insurance rates, in many cases, are determined by the risk of error and probability of lawsuit in the doctor’s particular field. So for a field that historically is the source of very few lawsuits, the malpractice insurance premiums will be lower.

To learn more about medical malpractice, contact the experienced Philadelphia medical malpractice lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 215-238-1130.

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