Side Note: Lots of health care organizations and medical practices are shopping now for new electronic health records (EHRs). Why you may ask? Because this year, the government is offering substantial financial incentives to do so. The incentive program was created by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and goes into effect this year. […]

Side Note: We have seen time and time again what happens in rural parts of the country when there is a shortage of physicians. This case of an OBGYN in Illinois is a perfect example of why we need to take steps to prevent things like this from happening. We know that the Boomers are […]

Side Note: Because the American College of Physicians (ACP) realizes, like most of us, that federal caps on med mal non-economic damage awards are unlikely to become a reality for physicians in the near future, they are presenting an alternative plan to lower liability coverage costs: the use of health courts –although no legislation has […]

Side Note: This is big news in regards to med mal insurance for physicians. We are big believers in physicians using technology to lower their liability risks, but we are unsure how med-mal insurance carriers will respond. We know that in today’s world, especially with Medicare reductions looming, that it’s important for physicians to use […]

Side Note: The Department of Health & Human Services released a list of its Most Wanted Fugitives for health care fraud. The individuals are not necessarily the worst offenders out there, but instead represent a cross-section of different types of individuals wanted for health care fraud by the government. Interestingly, two of the ten fugitives […]

Sidenote: Have you considered “going bare” –or without liability insurance? At first glance, it might seem appealing: you would save a lot of money by not having to pay liability insurance premiums and you are a far less attractive malpractice target, as your pockets (and your practice’s) are significantly less deep than your insurance company’s […]

Side Note: As many news and media organizations like to do at the end of a year and the beginning of a new one, Time magazine has issued their Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2010. The list covers many different areas of medicine from pharmacology to cellular biology to infertility. One of the most interesting […]

Side Note: Inspired by the new year, one of our favorite medical blogs, KevinMD.com, has put together a list of five things you can to do improve your practice this year. However, while the list is short, it is very technology-based and the items are no small tasks for any practice –like implementing EMR and […]

We here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com, the nation’s leading med-mal resource for doctors, is excited about 2011! In 2010, we saved physicians across the nation millions of dollars on their premium. The thousands of doctors we assisted learned that all medical malpractice insurance brokers are not created equal. Since medical liability insurance is such a niche product, […]