Sep 14, 2020
Hospitalist Closed Claims Study
This review of 238 closed hospitalist claims identifies top allegations and factors contributing to patient injury.
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How Could Social Inflation and Nuclear Verdicts Cause Healthcare to Evolve Over the Next Decade?
Skyrocketing malpractice verdicts, if left unchecked, will lead to healthcare becoming unaffordable and inaccessible. In this video, Robert White, President of The Doctors Company and TDC Group, explains how social inflation and nuclear verdicts are forcing insurers to evolve to combat plaintiff attorney tactics, and how we’re fighting nationwide to protect doctors and patients.
The Doctors Company to Acquire ProAssurance Corporation for $25.00 per Share in Cash
The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, and ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE: PRA), an industry-leading specialty insurer with extensive expertise in medical liability, products liability for medical technology and life sciences, and workers’ compensation insurance, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which ProAssurance will be acquired by The Doctors Company.
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Process to provide your lawful proxy to vote and act for you and in your name at all annual, regular, and special meetings of the Subscribers of The Doctors Company, an Interinsurance Exchange.
Malpractice Insurance for Certified Nurse-Midwives and Certified Midwives
Midwives—both certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs)—face distinct, significant, and long-lasting liability risks, and providing excellent care is not enough to mitigate them. Many midwives do not know what professional liability insurance they already have or aren’t aware that their coverage may be inadequate for how they practice.
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Module 3: Safe Prescribing of Opioids and CNS Depressants (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 examine multimodal approaches for chronic pain, including physical, psych-behavioral, procedural, and pharmacological modalities. You will be encouraged to use tools for prescribing and tapering opioids and benzodiazepines. You will be provided with an overview of the use of CURES 2.0. Lastly, the program will examine how to best screen patients for use of CNS depressants and marijuana to mitigate the potential for contraindications with opioids. This module consists of seven audio-filled videos. To successfully complete this course, you need to achieve a passing score of 80 percent in the post-test questions.
April 22, 2024, Part B News
Measles in Your Office? Follow CDC Rules, Take Caution in Telling Patients
Richard Cahill, JD, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, discusses the importance of patient communication and disclosure surrounding possible measles exposure.
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Video Nov 18, 2022
What Challenges Will Healthcare Professionals Face Following the Overturn of Roe v. Wade?
Sheila Dejbakhsh, MD, MPH, offers her perspective on what the future holds for healthcare professionals and patients in response to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, to let states determine access to reproductive healthcare.
