Healthcare Payment and Workforce Reform
Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan and Contributing Author for Forbes Magazine, presents at the 2025 TDC Group Executive Advisory Board Meeting about risks, challenges, and opportunities in the healthcare system now and in the future.
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June 06, 2023, Medscape
When Could You Be Sued for AI Malpractice? You're Likely Using It Now
Michael LeTang, MS, RN-BC, CCRN-K, Vice President, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Risk Management, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group, and Sue Boisvert, BSN, MHSA, CPPS, CPHRM, DFASHRM, Senior Patient Safety Risk Manager, The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, provide suggestions for ensuring patient safety with the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
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.
Surge in Outlier Malpractice Awards
Severity—the average cost of a medical malpractice claim—continues its relentless increase. Though severity has been rising since at least the 1970s, in recent years we have seen a sharp increase in outlier verdicts, which exceed common policy limits and often set records for their venues. Before the pandemic, nearly all states had seen these extraordinarily large awards, but whether the pace of these awards will be affected by the pandemic is unknown. Some U.S. states have adopted limited liability protections for physicians during COVID-19, but those protections may be tested in the courts.
July 15, 2025, Napa Valley Register
'Making a Difference': Napa Executive Works to Improve Access to Healthcare and Social Services
Elizabeth Healy, Vice President of Government and Community Relations, The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, is recognized for her commitment to the Napa community.
Christa Steele Joins Board of Governors
The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christa Steele, MBA, to its Board of Governors. Ms. Steele is a financial and governance executive with decades of corporate leadership experience across a wide range of industries.
Video Dec 08, 2022
Navigating Healthcare in a Post-Roe World
The repeal of Roe v. Wade created many challenges for physicians practicing reproductive healthcare. TDC Group hosted a panel of experts who discussed telehealth, legal implications, health inequities, physician training, emergency care, and the loss of physician voices in a post-roe world.
Professional Education
Prevention of Dental Errors 2024 to 2026
Few dental errors are attributed to faulty judgment. More commonly, they are attributed to system failures inherent in healthcare delivery. By drawing on our professional liability closed claims data, we have identified common performance and diagnostic errors. The purpose of this continuing dental education activity is to provide dentists with the most current information regarding the prevention of common performance and diagnostic errors.
November 13, 2025, Inside Medical Liability
MPL Case: Could Timely Diagnosis Have Preserved This Patient’s Vision?
Despite thorough subject-matter knowledge, physicians can miss the diagnosis of a familiar condition because of issues with clinical judgment. Clinical judgment may be influenced by distraction, interruption, or team communication issues. A new study of malpractice allegations against ophthalmologists suggests that when practices build teamwork skills, they strengthen patient safety and mitigate practice risks.
Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance
Protect your medical practice from miscellaneous errors and omissions exposures. If you provide services not typically covered by a traditional medical malpractice policy, errors and omissions (E&O) coverage mitigates your exposures.
