Medical Malpractice Insurance News

Unsafe injection practices put your patients at risk for infectious and non-infectious diseases, and have been associated with adverse events in a wide variety of health care environments.

A new study suggests that neonatal encephalopathy has a variety of causes — including those present even before or during pregnancy.

How are you handling the new mandates of health care reform while also attending to the needs of your patients?

Dateline is MLMIC’s newsletter for physicians, surgeons and other medical practitioners.

When these two types of policies are kept in continual force, the coverage they afford is basically identical. However, their principle differences lie in the protection they provide after they are cancelled and their pricing structure.

Many of MLMIC’s policyholders receive solicitations from risk retention groups (RRGs) promising lower premiums.

If you ever find yourself involved in a malpractice dispute with one of your dental patients, the dental records you’ve kept on that patient – if maintained well – will be invaluable to you.

Did you know about MLMIC’s library and librarian-assisted research services? We encourage all our insureds to take advantage of not only our extensive virtual collection of educational materials, but also our “Ask a Librarian” service that allows you to obtain assistance with your research.

Always maintain patient confidentiality.

It is understandable why physicians are drawn to RRGs. These days, reimbursements are a challenge and expenses keep increasing, and medical budgets are stretched thin.