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Medical Malpractice Insurance News

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December 21, 2022

A Forecast of Risk: COVID-19 Trends That Are Here to Stay

The pandemic has permanently changed delivery of patient care, creating potential fallouts that may impact risk for New York State physicians.

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: COVID-19, elective surgeries, legal perspective, legal update, staffing shortage, telemedicine

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April 4, 2022

Introducing Mercado May-Skinner

A new in-house law firm, Mercado May-Skinner (M&M), will build on the standard of legal excellence MLMIC policyholders have come to expect and will continue to provide risk management advice, medical malpractice defense, legal analysis and related legal services.

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: legal counsel, legal update, Mercado May Skinner – MMS, MLMIC, MLMIC benefits, MLMIC services

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January 10, 2018

NY Governor Signs Legislation Requiring New RNs to Obtain Bachelor’s Degree

In December 2017, New York State became the first in the nation to require that new registered nurses earn a baccalaureate degree or higher within 10 years of licensure. The new educational requirement does not affect nurses who are already in practice.

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: healthcare law, law change, legal update, New York State, registered nurses

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August 23, 2017

2017 Risk Management Seminar To Be Held in Syracuse September 15

MLMIC’s Annual Risk Management Seminar features the foremost experts in the healthcare industry on current trends and topics essential to ongoing, effective risk management.

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: electronic health record (EHR), legal update, MLMIC benefits, risk management seminar

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February 8, 2017

New Law Allows New York Clinics to Provide Primary Medical Care Off-Site

A new provision of Public Health Law Article 28 will allow hospital outpatient clinics and diagnostic treatment centers (D&Ts) to provide off-site primary care services that are ordinarily provided by the clinic or D&T.

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: law change, legal update, New York State, patient care, public health law

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January 26, 2017

Inflation Adjustments Increase Civil Monetary Penalties Imposed by HHS

Healthcare facilities and providers are encouraged to review the updated list of penalties for compliance purposes.

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: billing practices, civil monetary penalties, EMTALA, HIPAA, legal update, skilled nursing facilities, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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January 20, 2017

Federal District Court Finds Hospital-Owned Urgent Care Center Must Comply With EMTALA

Hospitals should be aware that provider-based urgent care centers that are held out to the public as such will likely meet the definition of a “dedicated emergency department” and will be subject to full EMTALA compliance.

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: advisory, EMTALA, legal update, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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April 22, 2015

Spring 2015 Issue of Dateline Now Available!

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

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: case study, legal update, MLMIC, MLMIC Dateline newsletter, newsletter, publications, underwriting update

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November 5, 2014

Need to Know: Change in NYS Public Health Law

New requirements for hospitals caring for visually impaired patients went into effect October 20.

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Posted in: Hospitals

Tagged with: advisory, blind patients, law change, legal update, public health law, visually impaired

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September 18, 2014

Fall 2014 Issue of Dateline Now Available!

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

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Posted in: Hospitals, Physicians

Tagged with: case study, legal update, MLMIC Dateline newsletter, newsletter, publications, underwriting update

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