When it comes to understanding risk profiles for medical malpractice insurance, organizations have long been limited to little more than the data which comes only after an adverse event or lawsuit has been filed. However, new technologies are allowing healthcare...
by David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAPL, FACS, Chief Medical Officer for The Doctors Company Recently, I was fortunate enough to host an HRA webinar featuring Robert M. Wachter, MD—Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the...
Recently, HRA Senior Vice President and Chief Claims Officer Peter Kolbert joined in a discussion about risk management in healthcare. The overall theme of the discussion was HRA’s unique approach: the three Ps of Prevent (adverse events), Preclude...
by David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAPL, FACS, Chief Medical Officer for The Doctors Company In April, I had the pleasure of hosting an HRA webinar with my colleague, Dr. Bryan Sexton, Director of the Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality at the Duke...
*Adapted from an article that originally appeared in Connect, The Doctors Company newsletter While patient safety as a concept has long been a priority in the medical field, as a discipline it is relatively young. As healthcare has become more complex,...
by PETER A. KOLBERT, HRA SVP Claims and Litigation Management As physicians know better than anyone, COVID-19 has upended, restructured, and forced change and anxiety in every aspect of healthcare, from the spacing of chairs in the waiting room to the...
HRA is excited to announce an new series of webinars featuring some of the most innovative, knowledgeable and experienced minds in medicine, insurance, technology, and more throughout the field of healthcare. The series kicks as we sit...
by Richard E. Anderson, MD, FACP, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Doctors Company, and Leader of the TDC Group of Companies, including Healthcare Risk Advisors (HRA) Severity—the average cost of a medical malpractice claim—continues its relentless increase....
by David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, FACS, Chief Medical Officer, the TDC Group of Companies and Healthcare Risk Advisors (HRA) This past winter, The Doctors Company (the parent company of Healthcare Risk Advisors) published a report on its Cardiology Closed Claims Study, a...
Group practices, Voluntary Attending Physicians, and hospitals of all sizes should take note of a fast-approaching federal regulatory compliance requirement: OpenNotes, a program from the HHS that will require practices to “unblock”...
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is one of the most talked-about areas of innovation in healthcare today, and for good reason: many consider RPM an exciting extension of the way telehealth has already allowed practices to offer more comprehensive care,...