Medical Malpractice Insurance News

MLMIC recognizes the “copy and paste” function of EHRs offers convenience and efficiency, but it also poses unique liability risks.

The latest edition of Dateline – the newsletter for MLMIC-insured physicians and facilities – is available for reading on our website.

MLMIC posts information on its blog to assist policyholders in complying with the e-prescribing mandate. In addition, we want to share with you a new article about the challenges New York providers face regarding the pending implementation date.

MLMIC announces the appointment of Michael J. Schoppmann, Esq. as President of our service company subsidiary. Schoppmann’s long history of protecting doctors in New York State will contribute to the superior protection, sound defense and active risk management we offer all of our insureds.

MLMIC’s most recent Case Review (Winter 2016) contains a perspective on a case with both a catastrophic outcome and serious legal and risk management deficits. The case study – involving paralysis from spinal surgery – highlights not only clear and continuous lack of communication between a variety of providers but also several failures of documentation.

Our Winter 2016 Case Review includes a case study about a claim filed against a urologist who performed a robotically-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP). It not only calls into question the training and experience of the defendant, but also illuminates a failure of communication: the urologist did not disclose an error to the patient.

The objective of the program is to prevent the improper procurement of prescriptions for controlled substances across state lines.

Applications for waivers to New York State’s mandatory electronic prescribing law are available ahead of the mandate’s March 27, 2016, start date.

In this special issue of Dateline, we review physicians’ medical, ethical and legal obligations to honor individual patient preferences at the end of life.

Complimentary audio recordings of MLMIC’s 30th Annual Risk Management Seminar are now available for streaming.