Video Oct 14, 2022
New Thinking About Primary Care and Practice Redesign
Megan Mahoney, MD, MBA, Professor and Chair of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine and member of The Doctors Company Board of Governors, explains how she developed a new model for providing the most efficient and high-quality care in her practice.
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September 28, 2023, Medical Economics
The Evolution of Primary Care and the Growing Role of Advanced Practice Clinicians
Laura Kline, MBA, CPCU, MBA, CPCU, Senior Vice President, Business Development, The Doctors Company and TDC Group, discusses how advanced practice clinicians are part of the solution to addressing the physician shortage.
Subscriber Agreement and Power of Attorney
The Doctors Company's subscriber agreement for power of attorney.
December 18, 2024, California Department of Insurance
Commissioner Lara Announces Reappointments to the CIGA Board of Governors
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced several reappointments to help drive forward the California Department of Insurance’s mission to protect California consumers. Deepika Srivastava, Chief Operating Officer of The Doctors Company, was reappointed to the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) Board of Governors.
Improving Clinical Care Through the Application of Digital Technologies
Dr. Aaron Neinstein, Vice President, Digital Health, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health, explains how strategic uses of digital technologies enable care model innovations that expand access for patients, relieve administrative burdens, and enable clinicians to practice to the tops of their licenses.
Survey Reveals Only 12 Percent of Physicians Likely to Recommend Medicine as a Career, Citing Misinformation and Lack of Trust
A new physician survey reveals a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of -52 for professional satisfaction, with only 12 percent of physicians recommending medicine as a career to others. The top reason: 64 percent of physicians named misinformation on social media as the most challenging part of practicing medicine.
February 24, 2024, Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Analysis of Closed Claims Among All Medical Specialties: Importance of Communication and Other Non-Clinical Contributing Factors
Evaluation of contributing factors associated with medical malpractice claims provides important information to optimize the patient–provider relationship. This review of closed claims from The Doctors Company highlights common factors contributing to lawsuits and strategies to avoid them, with a particular focus on communication.
January 27, 2022, Medscape
Medscape Radiologist Malpractice Report 2021
Peter Kolbert, JD, Senior Vice President of Claim and Litigation Services for Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group, comments on the number of lawsuits resulting from COVID-19.
Chairman’s Letter to JAMA Editor
Letter to the editor of JAMA written by Dr. Richard E. Anderson, chairman of The Doctors Company Board of Governors, praising the critique of the IOM report on medical errors in the JAMA article by Clement J. McDonald, MD, et al., “Deaths Due to Medical Errors Are Exaggerated in IOM Report.”
AM Best Affirms The Doctors Company's ‘A' Excellent Financial Rating and Upgrades the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of Hospitals Insurance Company to ‘a+’
AM Best has affirmed The Doctors Company's financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and its long-term issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a+”. The outlook of these ratings is stable.