TDC Group Supports Pediatric Cancer Research and Helps Seniors Stay H.O.M.E.
The employees of TDC Group—The Doctors Company, Healthcare Risk Advisors, TDC Specialty Underwriters, and Medical Advantage—consistently demonstrate their generosity to the causes they care most about. Many seek matching funds from the TDC Group Employee Gift Matching Program to double their donations to causes they care about.
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Midwives, When Do You Escalate? 5 Strategies for Collaboration, Comanagement, and Referral
One of the greatest sources of liability for midwives is delays in escalating care. By laying the groundwork for care escalation in advance, all practitioners and practices can promote patient safety while mitigating their own liability risks.
Patient Safety Strategies for Surrogate Births
Surrogate pregnancies present unique challenges that require planning and clear communication.
Video Nov 19, 2024
Working Continuously to Balance the Scales of Justice
Is your professional liability insurance provider dedicated to protecting your career? In today’s healthcare environment, doctors, medical practices, advanced practice clinicians, and health systems need an advocate—a resolute voice loud enough to be heard. The Doctors Company and TDC Group are relentlessly committed to supporting medical liability reform and to safeguarding access to patient care.
May 29, 2025, Inside Medical Liability
APP Practice Scope, Risks Evolve—A Global Outlook
As physician shortages grow more acute, advanced practice providers (APPs) are stepping in to fill the gap. The influx of APPs raises several issues, including whether and how their scope of practice is increasing, the potential for a change in medical professional liability risk and risk assessments, and disputes over scope of practice and license expansion between physicians’ groups and APP groups. Laura Kline, MBA, CPCU, CIC, Regional Operating Officer, Northeast Region, and Senior Vice President, Business Development, The Doctors Company and TDC Group, shares her insights on these key issues, and how TDC Group is helping APPs address their liability risk in this changing environment.
It’s Time to Reset the Medical Malpractice Insurance Conversation
After speaking with more than 800 doctors, practice managers, and group administrators nationwide, it’s clear that it’s time to reset the conversation around medical malpractice insurance. Dr. Anderson explains why he believes companies should serve the medical profession by partnering with those who provide care.
Healthcare Employment Practices Liability Insurance
Protect your practice from employment-related claims. This coverage solution protects your practice from liability related to a range of employee allegations, including wrongful termination, wage and hour disputes, discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.
Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Workers’ compensation delivers protection if an employee is injured on the job. Mitigate the financial consequences of workplace accidents. Workers’ compensation insurance covers expenses if employees sustain injuries in the workplace—or anywhere else while working—due to accidents, violence, or natural disasters. It also covers certain illnesses and occupational diseases contracted as a result of employment.
Professional Education
Module 4: Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Substance Use Disorder (Innovations and Smart Approaches in Safe Prescribing)
Learn several new concepts and innovation tips. Learn about the new CDC Guidelines about pain. This program will show how to treat pain, opioid withdrawal, and/or opioid addiction. It will show how to taper opioids and you will learn how to conduct “motivational interviewing.” You will be shown strategies for recognizing substance use disorder (SUD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Refamiliarize yourself with screening for fentanyl. Provide valuable pharmacological and nonpharmacological resources to connect patients to treatment for addiction. Discuss individualized treatment plans that are tailored to specific patient needs when treating OUD. This module consists of four audio-filled videos. To successfully complete this course, you need to achieve a passing score of 80 percent in the post-test questions.
Social Inflation/Nuclear Verdicts
Nuclear verdicts are a result of social inflation, which occurs when the average cost to resolve a medical malpractice claim rises faster than general inflation. Get expert insight into how this escalating crisis impacts the healthcare system.
