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Throughout the country hospital executives are seeking ways to keep spiraling malpractice costs from driving their high-risk specialty physicians out of their communities. Orthopedic surgeons, obstetricians (OB), gynecologists (GYN), neurosurgeons, and other specialists increasingly turn to their local health system leaders for help dealing with the financial crunch that results from rapidly rising premium costs.