The California Medical Association has reported that California Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 637 into law, allowing Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) to sign and enact Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms.
A big question mark pops up when we talk about the cost of insurance. Specifically with medical malpractice insurance, it may be difficult to find out a simple average number for the cost of insurance, otherwise known as a premium. This is because of a many factors, but the two we’ll be focusing on are …
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In 2015, hackers were at it again. On January 29, Anthem, Inc., the nation’s second-largest health insurer, was the target of a very sophisticated cyber attack. Hackers armed with a stolen password gained access to the Anthem database containing information on 80 million customers and employees. They stole massive amounts of data that included names, …
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When people think of an insurance broker, there are a lot of different things that come to mind. For some, brokers are held as admirable businesses that serve their clients first. Others, however, think that brokers are middlemen trying to complicate and impede business for their own interests. There are perhaps three big, prevalent ideas …
There is a public misperception that the majority of medical malpractice lawsuits are aimed at physicians. But the reality is that in some cases, multiple defendants can be named in a lawsuit by attorneys seeking larger punitive damages than might be obtained from a single defendant. That means any healthcare professionals—pharmacists, nurses, counselors, physical therapists—can …
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Most people trust their doctors and hospitals and, fortunately, mistakes are only made in a small percentage of cases. However, some errors occur more often than others, and these missteps make up the majority of medical malpractice lawsuits.
Most people have heard the legal term “statute of limitations,” especially in regard to high-profile criminal cases. The term refers to laws that limit the amount of time civil or criminal penalties may be applied to a case. One example comes from the 2008 financial meltdown on Wall Street. In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled …
The word superbug strikes fear into the hearts of healthcare providers for good reason. These strains of bacteria are resistant to almost all types of antibiotics. In the United States, superbugs are responsible for killing 23,000 people a year and infecting more than 2 million.
From 2012 to 2013, approximately $1 billion were awarded in California malpractice lawsuits. But that amount pales in comparison to the total amount of awards since 2008, coming in at a whopping $4.5 billion. And when just 5 cases in 2014 amounted to more than $10 million each, it’s easy to see how California malpractice …
Malpractice or professional liability insurance coverage is something we all love to hate. We grumble when rates go higher and bemoan the fact that we have to pay for insurance coverage at all. For business owners there are a multitude of insurance coverages available. How do you know what coverage you should have ? Who can you …
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