Risk Management Guidance

Our Resource Library provides hundreds of important documents, sample materials, and resources -- all at no additional cost. You’ll find guidance resources such as:

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Physicians Insurance is always tracking and analyzing the risks of the healthcare industry so we can bring to market new, timely ways to protect, defend, and support our Members.

Physicians Insurance strives to embody our purpose and values in everything we do. 

Recognizing this, in 2022 our leadership took a moment to contemplate the organization’s accomplishments over the past 40 years—and how to best be there for our Members in the years to come. 

Expansion of claims severity has continued to impact the medical community. 

But what is driving these rising claim

PART I OF A SERIES ON ETHICS COMMITTEE LIABILITY CONSIDERATIONS

Almost 50 years ago, Justice C.J. Hughes opined in In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan that a committee of ethics experts would be helpful in solving ethical medical dilemmas, thereby keeping intensely personal medical decisions out of the courts. Ethics committees emerged, who attempted to address several basic needs:

At Physicians Insurance, our singular purpose is reducing the risks and potential liability pressures that weigh on you and your organization while you focus on delivering patient care. 

We Provide Access to 3rd Party Tools

With management liability growing increasingly complex for our Members, we have long-offered complimentary access to tools and resources needed for the challenges they face. To access these and many other tools in our Resource Library, Members can create their online account on our website, if they haven’t already, at phyins.com.

As a learning organization, we’re always improving our knowledge base and honing our expertise. We count our CEO Bill Cotter among our most voracious readers, so we’ve curated some of his favorite executive reads from the quarter to share with you. 

What Does Generative AI Mean for Health Care? We Asked the Experts
By Casey Ross, Brittany Trang, and Mario Aguilar | STAT