BALTIMORE, MD—A new study by a Florida-based personal injury law firm, FHV Legal, has ranked Maryland as the third riskiest state in the nation for medical malpractice, coinciding with a separate state health report showing a fourth consecutive annual increase in medical errors.
The analysis by FHV Legal, which examined data from the National Practitioner Data Bank, gave Maryland a “Miscare Score” of 71.45, placing it behind only Delaware and South Carolina. The study’s score was based on two metrics: the number of Adverse Action Reports (AARs) and Medical Malpractice Payment Amounts.
According to the firm’s findings, Maryland has the second-highest malpractice payout amount among the top 10 states, at $67.54 million per 1,000 practitioners…