A new, large-scale study was released last week by The Doctors Company. The Doctors Company is one of the liability companies that we work with most often here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com and it is worth listening when they have something to say. They are one of the largest national med mal insurance companies, with an excellent […]

We understand that physicians do not like having to deal with getting med mal policies –much less having to use it. However, should the statistic that every physician will be sued for med mal at least once in his or her career, become reality for you, the article I read today could be of great […]

I just finished reading an article titled, “Malpractice Lawyer Recommendations Come from Unlikely Source: Hospitals.” In the article, the journalist recounts the case of Ada George’s thyroid treatment gone wrong in a Maryland hospital. During the course of treatment, the woman was brain damaged and is currently comatose. The hospital apologized and offered compensation twice. […]

Federal authorities announced this week that they recovered $4.1 billion in Medicare fraud judgments last year, up roughly 50 percent from 2009 numbers. This record-high recovery has been attributed to renewed fraud recovery efforts referred to as RAC Audits. Fraud has long been the weighted chain around the neck of the United States’ Centers for […]

When a physician learns that he or she is facing a liability lawsuit, it always comes as a surprise. Even though every physician knows that in this day and age he or she is going to be sued at some point in his or her career for medical liability, nothing can prepare a physician for […]

We have not recently talked about telemedicine liability coverage on this blog. First, what is telemedicine? According to the American Telemedicine Association, telemedicine is defined as, “…the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status.” More specifically, there are many different kinds of services that […]

Because physician liability coverage is so expensive, and the student loans that many physicians face are so massive, physicians are often looking for extra ways to make money. Luckily, there are many different things that physicians can do on the side to bring in extra income. At MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com, we see all different kinds of physician […]

Today we are focusing on physicians who perform research trials. While not all doctors perform them, a lot do. And, because performing research trials is different from providing traditional medical care, there are two key issues, from a professional liability insurance perspective, that physicians should be aware of. 1. Often, physicians do not mention to […]

At MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com, we get asked a lot of questions every day. Today, we’d like to give you a list of the seven most important questions to ask your professional liability agent. Here they are: 7 Important Questions to Ask Your Professional Liability Agent 1. Is there a deductible? This one goes without saying. You need […]