The Board is the repository of medical malpractice payment data. It receives reports of medical malpractice payments from the courts, medical malpractice insurance carriers and from physicians. In November 2004 the Board issued a report analyzing medical malpractice payment data from 1994 through 2003. Among many significant findings, the report shows that the number of medical malpractice payments in Massachusetts peaked in 2001 and has since declined by 17%. The size of malpractice payments, however, continues to grow. Perhaps most surprising, the report found that fully 13% of all malpractice payments made, and 13% of all dollars paid during the.
