Before COVID-19, Outlier Medical Malpractice Verdicts Were Rising—What’s Next?
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....
Fear of Covid-19 Creates Its Own Risks for Cardiologists
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...
OpenNotes: A Practice Compliance Requirement Affecting Group Practices, VAPs and Hospitals in Spring 2021
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”...
