11/27/2022: Due to a local power outage, the MPL Association’s phone system is currently offline. For email addresses, please see the Staff Directory.
As we approach the culmination of the biannual event known as “the most important election of our lifetime,” it is an opportune moment to assess what this election has in store with regard to the medical professional liability community.
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MPL industry government relations experts offer a whirlwind tour of the 2024 election results and what that may mean for MPL stakeholders.
Dr. Carl Hook Receives 2024 MPL Association Award of Excellence in Honor of Peter Sweetland
MPL Association Names Recipients of 2024 MPL Industry Defender Award
A new article from The Doctors Company examines how an incidental finding may lead to patient harm and result in a malpractice claim. Addressing follow-up as a systems issue can reduce risks for practitioners and organizations.
By Daniel Kent Cassavar, MD, MBA, Jacqueline Ross, PhD, RN, CPAN, and Angela Jordan, RN, MHSc
The most recent DSP Highlight spotlights the impact of noneconomic damage caps on MPL claims. The MPL Association found that lower caps effectively control claim costs, while higher caps often have a smaller/lesser impact.
MPL data can help healthcare providers and health and hospital systems focus on the most vulnerable areas to prioritize improvement efforts and reduce risk.
By Hannah Tremont, MPH
Human factors engineers specialize in understanding how complex work systems create opportunities for human error and human factors engineering can be a powerful tool in mitigating human error and subsequent MPL claims.
By Patrice D. Tremoulet, PhD
An expert analyses on the trends behind the increase in severity, and the steps that physicians, healthcare organizations, and MPL stakeholders can take to protect themselves.
By Brian S. Kern, Esq. and Bill Burns, ACAS, MAAA
Michigan law on damages in wrongful-death actions was in flux for about eight years. The Michigan Supreme Court’s recent decision in Daher v. Prime Healthcare Services-Garden City, LLC settled the law and addresses future earning capacity.
By Michael J. Cook
In a new article from SLC Management, learn how macroeconomic conditions and a shift in market outlooks have created considerable opportunity at the mid-year point for insurers to increase income generation.
By Peter Cramer, Louis Pelosi, Nitin Chhabra, and Thomas Klem
A new report from the MPL Association examines various key financial metrics, including losses, pricing, and written premium growth within the MPL industry from the first half of 2024.
By Bill Burns, ACAS, MAAA, and Kwon Miller
This article from The Doctors Company, shares a case study that explores and discusses how confirming a colleague’s receipt and understanding of serious findings is an important part of patient safety.
By Daniel Kent Cassavar, MD, MBA, and Jacqueline Ross, PhD, RN
In this third article of four on the psychology behind successful project implementation, we will explore fixed versus growth mindsets and the implications for and relationships with prioritization to successfully deliver a new technology solution.
By Mat Winter and Dr. Brittney Murray
A new article in Inside Medical Liability Online interviews industry experts to provide insight into the impact of staffing shortages on hospitals and healthcare systems and on MPL—and the issue of patient safety.
By Amy Buttell
The MPL insurance industry is challenged with optimizing indemnity payments and controlling allocated loss adjustment expenses. In this article by Optimalex, gain insight into how AI claims analytics are used to reduce claims handling time and both indemnity and ALAE.
By Frank Giaoui, Jòan Gondolo, and Luv Aggarwal
According to experts in talent acquisition and compensation, the labor market for the MPL insurance industry is going into a transition phase. A new article explores the challenges and opportunities in staffing.
A review of the MPL Association’s Data Sharing Project closed claims database shows that approximately 12% of the 29,153 claims and lawsuits closed between 2018 and 2022 involved cardiovascular disease as the resulting medical condition.