Malpractice is the reason why many doctors stop treating nursing home patients

“The letter, which was sent to about 130 patients or their families, said that it was ending doctor’s visits to nursing homes due to the rising cost of malpractice insurance and the practice of nursing homes limiting their own liability by continually contacting patients’ medical-care providers.

‘Hundreds of faxes, phone calls and inquiries concerning our patients flow to our offices from the nursing homes daily,’ the letter reads, referring to about 130 patients.

Dr. Robert Monteiro, of ECIM, said the ‘unstable situation in nursing homes’ was a concern since there can be problems with high turnover at facilities.

‘And so that’s the environment that we were practicing in,’ he said. ‘It became a very difficult environment.'” (via Common Good)