Transformative Changes Impact Healthcare Delivery and MPL As the healthcare delivery system adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, it evolved to serve a vastly different set of patients and needs than existed before March 2020. Instead of in-person interactions oriented toward preventive, elective, and emergency care, care shifted toward telemedicine and surges of the critically ill swamping emergency rooms and intensive care facilities. By Amy Buttell FREE
Healthcare Delivery, MPL Evolve in Response to the Pandemic Jeffrey Levin-Scherz is an assistant professor at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and population health leader at Willis Towers Watson. Inside Medical Liability spoke with Dr. Levin-Scherz about how healthcare delivery, medicine, and MPL are evolving in response to the pandemic. FREE
ESG Social Inflation Affects MPL Claims Nuclear verdicts and soaring defense costs could negatively affect balance sheet strength, operating performance By Maura McGuigan and Vicky Riggs FREE
Are Communication and Resolution Programs the Wave of the Future? We all know the golden rule—treat others as you yourself would like to be treated. When something unfortunate happens, we hope for sympathy and kindness; when someone wrongs us, we hope for an apology and forthrightness. By Melinda Van Niel and Alan Woodward, MD FREE
Perspective Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty Even before the pandemic, innovation had become a recurring theme in business. In fact, AM Best had added innovation as a criterion in its rating methodology for insurance companies. By President, Brian Atchinson FREE
DSP Highlight Obstetric/Gynecological Surgery Claims A review of claims and lawsuits closed between 2016 and 2018 identified 1,778 Obstetric/Gynecological surgery (Ob/Gyn) related cases. FREE
Tech Talk 7 Keys to a Successful Core System Transformation If you are staring down the barrel of a core system replacement project and it has you feeling a little uncomfortable at your work-from-home desk, take a deep breath and relax. By Casey Kretz FREE
Legislative Update Government Relations Survey Guides Association Advocacy Efforts Most, if not all, MPL Association members are aware of the significant government relations activities the Association undertakes each year. By Michael C. Stinson Premium Content
State Updates States Address COVID-19 Liability, Data Privacy, and Security COVID-19, along with data privacy and security, have dominated statehouse agendas this year. By Simit Pandya Premium Content
Case and Comment Maine Court Rules Nonparty Medical Records Protected from Discovery On September 29, 2020, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (“Law Court”) published its decision in the matter of Estate of Kennelly v. Mid Coast Hospital, 2020 ME 115, 239 A.3d 604. By Tamra Wallace Premium Content
International Perspective COVID-19 in the Netherlands For the medical professional liability (MPL) market in the Netherlands, the outlook was similar to much of the world. The number of MPL claims over the past few years had remained constant, if not actually declined. By Arnoud van Schaik FREE
The Asset Side Optimizing MPL Portfolio External Investment Management Whether you are a surfer, a paddle boarder, or swimmer, the ebb and flow of the tides provide clues as to the optimal times to enjoy the ocean. By H. James Johnson III FREE
Industry Update 2020 Financial Results Are a Mixed Bag for MPL Insurers 2020 was a unique year across the globe as well as in the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance industry. By Eric J. Wunder and Chad C. Karls FREE
And, Finally Returning to the Office Requires Planning, Clear Communications Who could have imagined a year ago that most of us would still be working from home offices, kitchen tables, or dining rooms? By Susan Beach FREE