“I've decided to retire from obstetrics,” said Perlman, 42. "It breaks my heart. Malpractice costs are a big part of it. It's a very sad story.
The last straw, she said, came last spring when her insurer, the Combined Coordinating Council, noting the high risk of covering obstetricians, canceled her policy and those of doctors she practiced with at Brooklyn Women's Health Care, a New York Methodist Hospital affiliate.
The Cost of Doing Business in NY: Dr. Calls it Quits
Dr. Jacquelline Perlman, who’s helped deliver hundreds of Brooklyn babies in her 12-year OB-GYN career, is calling it quits — and citing sky-high malpractice insurance and plunging income.
“I’ve decided to retire from obstetrics,” said Perlman, 42. “It breaks my heart. Malpractice costs are a big part of it. It’s a very sad story.
The last straw, she said, came last spring when her insurer, the Combined Coordinating Council, noting the high risk of covering obstetricians, canceled her policy and those of doctors she practiced with at Brooklyn Women’s Health Care, a New York Methodist Hospital affiliate.
She found a new insurer, but the damage was done. Her annual malpractice premium now runs about $160,000 — for a doctor against whom no malpractice case or even so much as a settlement has ever been upheld.
And, she said, in the last five years, as her malpractice-insurance costs have risen, her income has dropped by 20 percent.
Phil
Has the doc tried other markets? Houston is a great place.
LEAH
shw can move to a diffrent state and work ther. of course it should be near the jews they have LOTS OF BABIES
Sigh
Welcome to America.
CR
“Has the doc tried other markets?”
She probably has a life in NYC (family, friends, house, etc.) not to mention professional name recognition. All of that is hard to rebuild in another market. It is probably easier for her to recertify in a less “controversial” (i.e. lawsuit prone) medical field and leverage her experience and contacts.
max
Houston???????!!!!!!!
How about going back home to Eretz Yisrael, maybe that is a sign, for her to just go back, and join her family, friends, relatives, etc./
Her skills might be needed more and appreciated more.
and by the way the annual malpractice insurance premium in Israel is 5000 shekels. or $1200 in Houston is $25k
Truth
Insurance Pays 10k per delivery to each doc. Something doesn’t add up here…