(a) Every self-insured health care provider, and every insurer providing professional liability insurance for a health care provider, shall report to the insurance commissioner the following information about any medical tort claim, known to the self-insured health care provider or insurer, that has been settled, arbitrated, or adjudicated to final judgment within ten working days following such disposition:
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 671-5
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
Health care provider: means a physician, osteopathic physician, surgeon, or physician assistant licensed under chapter 453, a podiatrist licensed under chapter 463E, a health care facility as defined in § 323D-2, and the employees of any of them. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 671-1
Medical tort: means professional negligence, the rendering of professional service without informed consent, or an error or omission in professional practice, by a health care provider, which proximately causes death, injury, or other damage to a patient. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 671-1
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
(1) The name and last known business and residential addresses of each plaintiff and claimant, whether or not each recovered anything;(2) The name and last known business and residential addresses of each health care provider who was claimed or alleged to have committed a medical tort, whether or not each was a named defendant and whether or not any recovery was had against each;(3) The name of the court in which any medical tort action, or any part thereof, was filed and the docket number;(4) A brief description or summary of the facts upon which each claim was based, including the date of occurrence;(5) The name and last known business and residential addresses of each attorney for any party to the settlement, arbitration, or adjudication, and identification of the party represented by each attorney;(6) Funds expended for defense and plaintiff costs;(7) The date and amount of settlement, arbitration award, or judgment in any matter subject to this subsection; and(8) Actual dollar amount of award received by the injured party.(b) The insurance commissioner shall forward the name of every health care provider, except a hospital and physician or an osteopathic physician or surgeon licensed under chapter 453 or a podiatrist licensed under chapter 463E, against whom a settlement is made, an arbitration award is made, or judgment is rendered to the appropriate board of professional registration and examination for review of the fitness of the health care provider to practice the health care provider’s profession. The insurance commissioner shall forward the entire report under subsection (a) to the department of commerce and consumer affairs if the person against whom settlement or arbitration award is made or judgment rendered is a physician or osteopathic physician or surgeon licensed under chapter 453 or a podiatrist licensed under chapter 463E.(c) A failure on the part of any self-insured health care provider to report as requested by this section shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the Hawaii medical board or the state health planning agency, as applicable. A violation by an insurer shall be grounds for suspension of its certificate of authority.
