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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 31.08.10.04" title_num="31" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="10" heading="Required Information.">
  <text>The following information shall be reported on a closed claim survey form:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Name of insurer;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Name of insurer group;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Claim file identification (ID);</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Name of person completing the form;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Telephone number, including area code, of person completing the form;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Date form completed;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Date of injury;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Date injury reported to insurer;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Date claim closed;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>Whether the claim was previously reported;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>Age of injured person at time of injury;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>Gender of injured person at time of injury;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Type of injury, such as wrongful death, permanent disability, or other bodily injury;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Description of injury;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="O.">
    <text>Name of health facility where injury occurred;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="P.">
    <text>Type of medical professional liability policy, such as occurrence, claims made—basic, or claims made—tail;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Q.">
    <text>Type of patient, such as inpatient, emergency room outpatient, or other outpatient;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="R.">
    <text>Physician Insurance Services Office Incorporated (ISO) classification or equivalent classification;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="S.">
    <text>Type of health care provider, such as physician-no surgery, surgeon, psychiatrist and related specialties, nurse, nurse midwife, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor, podiatrist, psychologist, dentist, hospital, other health care facility, or nurse anesthetist;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="T.">
    <text>Physician and surgeon classification, including name of specialty;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="U.">
    <text>Health care provider name;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="V.">
    <text>Health care provider license number;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="W.">
    <text>Policy limits for each claim or medical incident;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="X.">
    <text>Policy limits for annual aggregate;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Y.">
    <text>If known, the facility, office, or county where the injury occurred;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="Z.">
    <text>Whether the claim is a zero payment claim file;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="AA.">
    <text>Full name and location of the court where the suit was filed and the case was tried;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="BB.">
    <text>Case or docket number;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="CC.">
    <text>Whether settlement was reached or award was made at one of the following stages:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Arbitration;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Mediation before suit was filed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>After suit was filed, but before trial;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>During trial, but before court verdict;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Court verdict;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>After verdict; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>After appeal was filed;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="DD.">
    <text>If settlement was reached or award was made by court verdict, whether the result was:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Directed verdict for plaintiff;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Directed verdict for defendant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Judgment notwithstanding the verdict for plaintiff;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Judgment notwithstanding the verdict for defendant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Judgment for plaintiff;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Judgment for defendant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Judgment for plaintiff, after appeal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Judgment for defendant, after appeal; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Any other;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="EE.">
    <text>If there was no final judgment or settlement, the date of the final disposition;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="FF.">
    <text>If there was no final judgment or settlement, the reason for the final disposition;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="GG.">
    <text>If case did go to trial, whether the case was tried by a jury or tried by a judge;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="HH.">
    <text>Total amount paid to the claimant;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="II.">
    <text>Amount paid by the insurer;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="JJ.">
    <text>Amount paid by the insured due to retention or deductible;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="KK.">
    <text>If known, the amount paid by an excess carrier;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="LL.">
    <text>If known, the amount paid by the insured due to settlement or award in excess of policy limits, not including deductible or retention amounts;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="MM.">
    <text>If known, the amount paid by the insurer due to settlement or award in excess of policy limits, not including deductible or retention amounts;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="NN.">
    <text>If known, the amount paid by other defendants or contributors;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="OO.">
    <text>A summary of the occurrence from which the claim or action arose;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="PP.">
    <text>A description of the misdiagnosis or alleged misdiagnosis made, if any, of the patient's actual condition;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="QQ.">
    <text>A description of the procedure giving rise to the claim;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="RR.">
    <text>A description of the principal injury giving rise to the claim;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="SS.">
    <text>The amount of past medical expenses claimed by the plaintiff;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="TT.">
    <text>The amount of future medical expenses claimed by the plaintiff;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="UU.">
    <text>The amount of past lost wages claimed by the plaintiff;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="VV.">
    <text>The amount of future lost wages claimed by the plaintiff;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="WW.">
    <text>The amount of noneconomic damages claimed by the plaintiff;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="XX.">
    <text>The amount of other damages claimed by the plaintiff;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="YY.">
    <text>Whether a structured settlement or periodic payment was used, and if so:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The amount of immediate payment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The present value of the projected total future payout, that is, the price of the annuity, if purchased;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The projected total future payout; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The cost of the structure;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="ZZ.">
    <text>If a neutral expert was used, the findings of a neutral expert witness regarding future medical expenses;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="AAA.">
    <text>If a neutral expert was used, the findings of a neutral expert witness regarding future loss of earning;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="BBB.">
    <text>If case was tried to verdict:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The amount awarded for past medical expenses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The amount awarded for future medical expenses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The amount awarded for past lost wages;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The amount awarded for future lost wages;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The amount awarded for noneconomic damages; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The amount awarded for other damages;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="CCC.">
    <text>The total allocated loss adjustment expense;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="DDD.">
    <text>Of the total allocated loss adjustment expense, the amount representing fees paid to defense counsel;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="EEE.">
    <text>Of the total allocated loss adjustment expense, the amount of expenses not included in the defense counsel fees;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="FFF.">
    <text>Whether there was a claim made for extra contractual damages;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="GGG.">
    <text>The amount claimed for extra contractual damages;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="HHH.">
    <text>Whether a suit was filed or claim was made for extra contractual damages; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="III.">
    <text>Where the suit for the extra contractual damages claim was filed, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The full name of the court where the suit was filed and the case was tried;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The case number or docket number;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Whether the claim settled or was tried;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If tried, whether the trial was before a judge or jury;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The amount paid for the extra contractual damages claim; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Whether the claim was previously reported to the Commissioner.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>