Here at eQuoteMD we are always striving to provide medical professionals with the highest quality of resources available regarding medical malpractice and properly covering your liability exposure. This is where we welcome you to the very first “Ask eQuoteMD with Tim Ryan” question and answer video blog session. Our very own Tim Ryan will be answering your
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Malpractice Claims Arbitration – International Style
I recently read an article regarding a change in the handling of malpractice claims of medical professional negligence in Korea. Perhaps our own system here in the United States could benefit from similar changes? Korea, in 2012, will be instituting a process of alternative dispute resolution, whereby a dual committee approach of mediators (composed of judges and attorneys) will review legal responsibility
READ MOREDifferent Types of Hospitals and Hospital Medical Malpractice Insurance
Medical malpractice insurance for hospitals is an extremely complex and important part of every hospital throughout the country. The medical field has become extremely litigious over the past several decades causing hospitals to pay extremely high premiums to protect the hospital and all of its employees. Medical error is unavoidable as are frivolous lawsuits. Hospital medical
READ MOREOffice Management and Medical Malpractice Insurance
I was thinking of a visit to the doctor’s office as a nine year old many years ago. This was a Saturday afternoon visit where my parents had reached the physician at home to stitch my lip from a wrestling mishap. We met at the physician’s office and he took care of the office visit
READ MOREHow Kansas Medical Malpractice Insurance Works – Part I
Kansas is one of a handful of states in our country that has a state run medical malpractice insurance fund, known as the Health Care Stabilization Fund, which provides excess medical liability insurance coverage for defined health care providers. All physicians and surgeons, including medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy, with an active Kansas medical license and
READ MOREThe Hospital Credentialing Process and Doctors Medical Malpractice Insurance
Before any physician is given privileges to practice medicine at a hospital he/she must go through a lengthy credentialing process and be approved by a credentialing committee. Although it is a lengthy process it not insurmountable and you will find that most hospitals outline all the steps up front and will provide help along the way. It’s
READ MOREDoes Your Ambulatory Surgery Center Carry Proper Medical Malpractice Insurance?
Today in the United States, surgery centers have started to become increasingly more popular due to the ease of access and efficiency they offer to the physicians and surgeons who practice within the center as well as to the patients that use them. As a relatively new trend in the health care industry, most surgery
READ MOREEmergency Medicine Practice Comes with High Risks & High Medical Malpractice Insurance
The Emergency Medicine medical practice is, at least with a basic understanding, known fairly well to the average, everyday patient. This is partially due to the facts that millions of Americans use the services of an emergency room each year as well as the Hollywood depiction of an Emergency Room (ER) in television shows (such as ER) and movies. Emergency medicine doctors not only
READ MOREHow Proper Risk Management Helps Your Medical Malpractice Insurance
The majority of medical malpractice insurance carriers see their risk management as an investment in themselves and the physicians that they insure. As I have attended many of these seminars or at least reviewed the course material, common themes in today’s risk management programs are oriented with a curriculum of communication, documentation and prevention. The
READ MOREThe Education of a Doctor
“Mommy, Where Do Doctors Come From?” Training to become a physician, whether one aspires to be a Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), takes many years, including undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate study. The length of time it takes one to complete training will vary by specialty. Most physicians will finish their training
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