The Informed Practice — Moonlighting
—Are You Covered for “Moonlighting”? — Kathleen Finnerty-Schroth, CIC You never want to learn after the claim is made that you don’t have the proper insurance coverage, whether it involves your Auto, your Home, or your Health insurance. So too, it would come as unpleasant news that your professional liability […]
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MMS joins the Telehealth Initiative
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 […]
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The Informed Practice — Communicating Risk
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 […]
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The Informed Practice — Diagnostic Errors
December 18, 2019 How Can Practices Mitigate the Most Common Diagnostic Errors that Lead to Malpractice Claims Against Physicians? By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance Missed diagnosis, delayed diagnosis, and wrong diagnosis comprise the most common diagnostic error categories, and diagnostic errors in general comprise the most common […]
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The Informed Practice — Telemedicine
October 30, 2019 Telemedicine and Your Practice: What Do You Need to Know? By Thomas J. Bryant, ARM President, Physicians Insurance Virtual medicine is booming in popularity. It’s estimated that demand for interactive audio and video health technology, otherwise known as “telemedicine” will increase by 18 percent annually nationwide. These […]
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Prescribing in an Office Setting
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 […]
Read MoreCyber Security Risk
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.
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