Risk Reduction: Opioid Overdose
The recent death of Michael Jackson puts pain medications in focus and under the spotlight again. The tabloid’s claims only serve to fuel speculation about something most of the medical profession is...
View ArticleWhile the Debate Rages On
For months, the country has been anticipating some sort of healthcare insurance reform, and the other changes the Obama administration and Congress deem necessary to revive an ailing system and get...
View ArticleMedical Liability Insurance: 5 Costly Mistakes You Should Avoid
1. Know Your Carrier In order to succeed with medical liability insurance, an insurance carrier must have solid financial stability and expert claims handling. Be confident your insurance carrier will...
View ArticleReducing Diagnostic Errors is Critical for Physicians
Missed or delayed diagnosis is the number one reason for malpractice lawsuits against physicans according to data from The Doctors Company. The following risk management tips, based on the most...
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Five Things Every Healthcare Provider Must Know
Medical malpractice insurance is as necessary to a physician or healthcare provider as a stethoscope. The insurance protects the healthcare provider from having to bear the full costs of a legal...
View ArticleWhy It’s Important for Healthcare Providers to Manage Their Online Presence
Social media continues to evolve and its influence can have both positive and negative effects for physicians and other healthcare providers. Just a few years ago many of our clients had no social...
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Medical Board Investigations
From Anesthesiology to Urology, there are medical boards for just about every specialty available here in the United States, and they often do a great deal of good for the industry, including lobbying...
View ArticleThe Annual Insurance Check-up
This is the time of year when all physicians, managers, and administrators should be sitting down to plan for 2009 expenses. The second or third line item of most healthcare practice balance sheets is...
View ArticleEthics of a Malpractice Suit
We’ve posted articles here before about the importance of having the right to decide whether a case is settled or not. In those circumstances, the point was that you may not want the insurance company...
View ArticleDental Malpractice Includes Cosmetics
A jury in Bridgeport, CT, recently awarded just under $200,000 in damages to a woman who ended up with “horse teeth” after being promised a beautiful smile. The dentist, Darren Martinez, of Stamford,...
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When Non-Renewal Strikes (Part 2 of 4)
What to Do when Non-renewed for Medical Malpractice Insurance In the previous section, we discussed what a non-renewal notice is, and some of the causes why you may receive one from your medical...
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When Non-Renewal Strikes (Part 3 of 4)
What to Do when Non-renewed for Medical Malpractice (Professional Liability) Insurance In the previous section, we discussed first steps to take, and how to attempt to resolve the problem with your...
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When Non-Renewal Strikes (Part 4 of 4)
What to Do when Non-renewed for Medical Malpractice Insurance (continued) In the previous section, we covered Step 3 and Step 4, which examined finding other coverage, and examining that coverage to be...
View ArticleAmericans With Disabilities and Punative Damage Dangers
When most of us think about someone with a disability, we realize that interacting with them may mean giving assistance that fully able-bodied patients don’t need. To that end, public facilities of all...
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Could you benefit from a Nap?
Yes, you read that right! Could you as a medical professional benefit from a nap? In short, yes. A nap can have a dramatic effect on increased Learning, Memory, Awareness, and more. With the long...
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What is Telemedicine?
Introduction to Telemedicine Telemedicine is the use of electronic communication, such as video calls, digital photography, instant messaging, telephone and email, to provide clinical services to...
View ArticleCommon Medical Malpractice Terms and What They Mean
Medical malpractice insurance can be confusing. There are many commonly used terms and phrases used in malpractice insurance that most people are unfamiliar with. If you have found yourself wondering...
View ArticleWhat is Informed Consent?
Most medical procedures involve a degree of risk for patients, for that reason it is important that doctors inform patients about the risks and potential side effects that can arise from a...
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Which Physician Specialties are at the Highest Risk for Malpractice Claims?
In 2017, JAMA Network published their findings on the physician specialties who paid the most in malpractice claims from 1992 to 2014. Their analysis was based on data from the National Practitioner...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Useful Resources and Links for Physicians
NORCAL COVID-19 patient safety resources Medical Protective COVID19 Resources TDC Telehealth Resources Resources for Plastic Surgery: Collected resources from American Society of Plastic Surgeons...
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