In part 2 of this series, Tanya Babitch, a manager in TMLT's Risk Management Department, provides further instruction for appropriately dismissing patients to avoid allegations of abandonment.
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If you experienced an IT system failure or other damage from the winter storms, read about recovering damaged medical records.
TMLT employees are hosting a virtual food drive for the Central Texas Food Bank’s Fight Hunger 2021 campaign.
Electronic prescribing of controlled substances will be required for Texas physicians beginning January 1, 2021.
TMLT risk managers urge physicians to stay up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination information.
The Fifth Circuit Court disagreed with the OCR’s interpretation of the encryption and disclosure provisions.
Factors to onsider when using remote patient monitoring.
New HHS rule narrowly expands telemedicine across state lines for “COVID-19 countermeasures.”
CME: Infectious disease: A review of closed claim studies and liability issues; MPL Association Data Sharing Project: Sepsis-related claims; TMLT risk management services
1:58See how TMLT is supporting policyholders during the COVID-19 pandemic
Physicians in Texas must now meet two new CME requirements.
TMB releases rules for PMP checks, acute pain prescribing limits, and opioid CME requirements
Resources for practices on appropriate quarantine, infection control measures, and safe return to work protocols.
1:14A message about where TMLT has been and where we are going.
A new online training initiative led by the CDC encourages all frontline health care workers to learn more about the foundations of infection prevention and control.
CME: Sexual harassment and misconduct in health care; 2019 risk management trends; Failure to diagnose and treat; Failure to respond to test results; 2021 TMLT Governing Board election
A summary of internal medicine claims data from the MPL Association Data Sharing Project.
A summary of radiology closed claim data from the MPL Association Data Sharing Project.
A summary of ob/gyn surgery claims data from the MPL Association Data Sharing Project.
A summary of orthopedic closed claim data from the the MPL Association Data Sharing Project.
57:35A review of current regulatory requirements for telemedicine in Texas.
