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Bronx-Lebanon Obstetricians Face Malpractice Insurance Cutoff By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS A malpractice insurance group has warned obstetricians at a South Bronx hospital that it is considering cutting off their insurance, which could force surrounding hospitals to absorb hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of baby deliveries a year. The group, Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company, sent a letter on Feb. 10 to 8 of the 13 doctors who handle births at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, saying that its underwriting committee had recommended not renewing their coverage. The letter said the “method of practice” and “practice environment” among those doctors was “predictive of future claims in excess of the norm, and makes insuring you an unreasonable burden to the other policyholders.” Bronx-Lebanon delivers more than 2,700 babies a year, many to poor women whose pregnancies are risky because they are teenagers or have diabetes, high blood pressure or other medical problems, hospital officials said. The eight doctors all deal specifically with high-risk pregnancies. The letter did not say how many times each of the doctors had been sued for malpractice. Read more at www.nytimes.com

 

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