Physicians Insurance’s Parent Organization Testifies in Support of Liability Protection Legislation  On Monday, April 13, the state legislative committee on Financial Services held a virtual hearing on S.2630, An Act to Provide Liability Protections for Health Care Workers and Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Heeding this important call, the legislature […]

Free Life Insurance for Certain Health Care Workers on Frontlines of Pandemic  Our financial services partner, Baystate MD, wants you to be aware the current HealthBridge program through MassMutual is expanding to offer free life insurance to healthcare workers on the front lines of the pandemic in recognition of your […]

Clinical Judgment Due to Implicit Bias Can Lead to Medical Errors By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance April 8, 2020 With the widely reported news that the mortality rate from COVID-19 is hitting communities of color disproportionately, let’s examine a difficult topic: unconscious bias in medicine.   I don’t know a single medical professional who enters […]

Physicians are doing everything in their power to save lives during this extraordinary time. Show your support by doing what you can to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Practice social distancing and encourage others to do the same.   Thank you.  #NationalDoctorsDay

Launch of Telehealth Initiative Moved Up to Assist With Current COVID-19 Crisis The Massachusetts Medical Society, along with other state and national physician membership associations announced the launch of The Telehealth Initiative on March 19, which helps physicians implement telehealth services. The current COVID-19 crisis reinforces the need for physician […]

COVID-19 Pandemic Information In light of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, Physicians Insurance has taken steps to protect our staff and capabilities to serve our clients on the frontlines of the pandemic. We will respond to all service requests promptly during business hours. Be well and let us know […]

MMS Launches 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Webpage With Resources and Toolkits The Massachusetts Medical Society has launched a new webpage that provides easily accessible guidance and resources on COVID-19. Information includes links to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (MDPH’s) COVID-19 website and the CDC’s interim guidance for clinicians caring […]

Are You Ready for Hands-Free Driving Laws? By Rich Weston Legislation banning the use of electronic devices while driving takes effect Sunday February 23. And though the name is confusing — you should keep your hands on the wheel — the rules are simple: put down your cell phone. From […]

Communicating Medical Risk to Patients By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance I can’t think of any form of patient-physician communication more important — and difficult — to clearly communicate than the conveyance of medical risk. A linchpin of shared decision-making and evidence-based medicine, risk communication is considered the […]

June 12, 2019 Physicians Insurance Philanthropy Surpasses the One-Million-Dollar Mark Physicians Insurance (PI) charitable giving reaches all the way back to our inception in the 1990s, and since 2005 alone, our commitment to physician-centric causes has surpassed one million dollars. As we embark on our second quarter century, our Board […]

May 7, 2019 Prescribing in an Office Setting Medical professionals need to be aware of current guidelines and clinical best practices for prescribing. The new NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids CME program will help you meet these goals and meet your Massachusetts state-mandated CME requirements, free of charge. We […]

April 24, 2019 Update from Tom Bryant, President of Physicians Insurance Hello everyone, Welcome to our new Physicians Insurance blog. In the coming months, we hope to engage you with an approach that blends industry-related articles, resources, news, and insurance opinion that physicians and administrators will find of interest. Today, […]

As technology has become a widespread necessity of business, so has the need for both risk management and insurance solutions to mitigate technology breaches and hacker attacks. Hacker attacks have been increasing in both frequency and severity and can be devastating to physician practices as can accidental technology breaches, which can lead to identity theft and fraud impacting the patients and the practice entity.