Often, we here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com get calls from panicked physicians who have let their med mal insurance coverage lapse and are now currently practicing uncovered and exposed to serious liability. It may be that an office manager or the physician simply forgot to renew coverage, or that the physician assumed that they were covered by […]

Home health care practices have a lot more variables than typical practices and, as a result, they can be more complicated to insure. They come in varying combinations of providers, scope and size, and involve transportation and complications related to home environments. When talking with our home health care agencies and providers, we often have […]

One of the many questions we regularly get from our new customers is, “Why should I get my insurance through you? Wouldn’t it be better if I went directly to the insurance companies?” The answer is NO. Getting your insurance through an independent med mal insurance agent is easier and smarter for three reasons. Let’s […]

Few independent physicians currently survey their patients about their healthcare experience, but that’s soon to change. And those healthcare professionals obstinate to adopting a patient satisfaction survey will find it harder and harder to be fully compensated for their practice of medicine. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) already require hospitals to report […]

If you own a private practice, you are always looking for ways to bring in new patients and get your name out there. Today, we’d like to discuss three free ways to up your practice’s exposure: 1. Get out in the community. Volunteering is a great way to do this: Join your town’s Chamber of […]

We frequently have physicians and practice managers calling us to tell us that they have been served with a lawsuit and need to know what to do next. Our first question is usually, “Is it a general liability lawsuit or a medical malpractice lawsuit?” Many of our clients are confused by this question and we […]

Over the last decade we have seen a boom in medi-spas. And, with the recent down-turn in the economy, it has become harder and harder for many medi-spas to continue to generate the large profits they once saw. As a result, many medi-spas are trying new therapies to bring in new clients, trying to make […]

What do you find the most frustrating part of patients who are no-shows? Is it the lost revenue? The waste of your and your staff’s time? Is it the worry about potential medical malpractice liability? Physicians Practice recently had a good article on the topic of patient no-shows. While no-show volume varies practice to practice, […]

If you’re not concerned about the possibility of your practice being RAC audited, you should be. And if you don’t currently carry Medical Billing Errors & Omissions Liability Insurance, now is the time to consider it. Established through the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program was designed to remove waste […]