Do Contact Tracers Need to Protect Themselves with Professional Liability Insurance?
Of all the new terms to come out of the pandemic, one that really sticks out is contact tracers. This is a new profession adjacent to medical workers in which a person is hired to keep track of individuals who have contracted COVID-19 or who have been in contact with someone who has recently been…
Read MoreSued for Malpractice: A Guide for Nurses and NPs
The content of this guide is provided for informational purposes only. It is not intended as legal advice. It was a routine cesarean delivery. Before the obstetrician closed the site, two nurses took a surgical sponge count and confirmed: all sponges were accounted for. The site was closed. Months later, the patient complained of tenderness…
Read MoreA Guide to Medical Director Insurance and the Costs
Medical directors play an important role in the management, coordination, and operational oversight of health-related facilities. Their goal? Ensure the delivery of quality healthcare, treatment and compliance. Yet, governing a medical facility carries significant responsibilities and risks that greatly differ from the typical liabilities medical practitioners would encounter. As a result, many of the present…
Read MoreHow Much Does Physician Assistant Malpractice Insurance Cost?
Whether you’re in the process of acquiring your physician assistant license, or you’re licensed and on your next steps as a professional health care provider, you need to be thinking about liability insurance. As a student, your program might provide insurance. Likewise, if you’re employed, your employer should have a robust plan in place. Yet,…
Read MoreWhy Your Agency Needs Home Healthcare Insurance
Every healthcare professional and institution should have an insurance plan—a hospital wouldn’t open its doors without proper coverage, so why should a home health care provider walk through someone else’s doors without coverage too? While the risks posed in private home health care are different than in-patient care services, whenever you have another person’s life…
Read MoreCovering Covid-19: Is Your Medical Laboratory at Risk?
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 continuing global pandemic, medical testing laboratories have been in the spotlight. More people than ever know that medical analytic, or medical testing laboratories analyze samples of blood or urine and report the results back to the ordering healthcare provider to interpret the results, allowing for a more accurate diagnosis…
Read MoreA Complete Guide to Insurance for Physical Therapists
From relieving chronic back pain to restoring physical mobility, physical therapists provide vital services to people who need them. A wide variety of patients seek out the benefits of physical therapy: office workers who want to manage carpal tunnel syndrome, stroke survivors relearning how to walk, victims of automobile accidents, athletes with sports injuries and…
Read MoreThe Costs of Medical Staffing Agency Insurance
Medical staffing agencies have a lot of responsibility. They fill vacancies at hospitals, nursing homes, and doctor’s offices in a timely manner. With thorough screening, they aim to place honest, reliable workers in the right workplaces. In turn, they keep medical organizations running smoothly. With such responsibility comes a certain degree of liability. If a…
Read MoreCost of a HIPAA Violation
Patients share critical health related information with caregivers and health organizations with the belief that their data will be kept confidential. Any breach of data confidentiality can lead to critical patient information being leaked to unwanted sources and can cause people to lose trust in their health provider. The HIPAA privacy rule was enacted in…
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