This presentation illustrates how action or inaction on the part of the physician led to allegations of professional liability, and how risk management techniques may have either prevented the outcome or increased the physician's defensibility. The case has been modified to protect the privacy of the physician and the patient.
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Read @texmed's latest magazine for an interview featuring TMLT cyber risk management and cyber liability experts in the article "Don't Try This at Work." The article discusses the benefits of seeking
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If you read the article in our previous post and would like to learn risk management techniques to minimize the potential for opioid abuse by patients, check out our CME courses on the topic: https://
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Our Claim Operations and Risk Management Departments often receive questions about the statute of limitations in Texas. The following summary provides general information on this complicated topic. ht
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Responding to complications after a procedure in a timely manner, communicating procedural risks on consent forms, and documenting patient communication are all risk management techniques discussed in
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Responding to complications after a procedure in a timely manner, communicating procedural risks on consent forms, and documenting patient communication are all risk management techniques discussed in
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When patients come to the emergency department of a hospital, they may be poor historians of their medical history. Read our emergency medicine Reporter to discover risk management considerations for
Texas Prescription Monitoring Program — Mandatory use delayed until March 2020
The requirement for Texas physicians to check the Texas Prescription Monitoring Program before prescribing certain controlled substances has been delayed until March 20.
New opioid prescribing limits take effect September 1
New legislation places a 10-day limit on opioid prescriptions for acute pain.
Risk alert: Transvaginal mesh products
More on the FDA's announcement to halt sales of transvaginal mesh products
De-escalation techniques and resources
Learn how to de-escalate angry patients or diffuse a tense situation in the office.
Update: New schedule II prescription forms required by June 1
Texas physicians will be required to use new schedule II prescription forms beginning June 1, 2019.
Risk alert — DEA warns of physician scam
Physicians received a fraudulent questionnaire asking for confidential information.
Reporter Quarter 2 2019
From difficult to dangerous: How to handle disruptive patients; How to address ethical misconduct by a colleague or staff member; Improper performance of breast biopsy; Improper prescribing
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Join us next Tuesday, June 25, for our 30-minute webinar “One thing physician practices must do now." TMLT risk management experts will discuss various risk assessments and current standards expected
Evaluating and treating the suicidal patient
This article explores the topic of suicide, particularly risk management considerations and legal implications for physicians and health care providers treating potentially suicidal patients.
Reporter Q1 2019
Evaluating & treating the suicidal patient (CME); Dr. Melinda Lopez: On the front lines with human trafficking; Failure to properly evaluate depression; Failure to diagnose coronary artery disease
Reporter Q4 2018
Managing a practice: How to navigate hiring, paying, and terminating employees (2-point CME); Claims by specialty: MPL Association's 2006-2015 national closed claim data; TMLT 2018 scholarship winner
The Reporter Quarter 4 2017
Terminating the patient-physician relationship (2-hour CME); Managing opioids: PIAA claims analysis; Addressing transgender health care disparities; TMLT 2017 scholarship winning essay
The Reporter Quarter 3 2017