Nebraska Statutes 44-2835. Malpractice claim; settled or adjudicated to final judgment; report; contents; forwarded to Department of Health and Human Services
(1) Each malpractice claim settled or adjudicated to final judgment against a health care provider under the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act shall be reported to the director by the plaintiff‘s attorney and by the health care provider or his or her insurer or risk manager within sixty days following final disposition of the claim. Such report to the director shall state the following:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-2835
- Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Department: shall mean the Department of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-103
- Director: shall mean the Director of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2807
- Health care: shall mean any act or treatment performed or furnished, or which should have been performed or furnished, by any health care provider for, to, or on behalf of a patient during the patient's care, treatment, or confinement. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2811
- Hospital: shall mean a public or private institution licensed pursuant to the Health Care Facility Licensure Act. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2806
- Insurer: shall mean the authority or an insurance company engaged in writing malpractice liability insurance in this state. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2814
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Risk manager: shall mean an insurance company admitted to write insurance in Nebraska, which company shall be appointed by the director to manage the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. See Nebraska Statutes 44-2812
- 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.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(a) The nature of the claim;
(b) The alleged injury and the damages asserted;
(c) Attorney‘s fees and expenses incurred in connection with the claim or defense; and
(d) The amount of any settlement or judgment.
(2) The director shall forward the name of every health care provider, except a hospital, against whom a settlement has been made or judgment has been rendered under the act to the Department of Health and Human Services for such action, if any, as it deems to be appropriate under the circumstances.