2025 Digital Experience Recording: Walking Cautiously Through the Medical Malpractice Minefield - Play Offense, Not Just Defense

Watch the recording of "Walking Cautiously Through the Medical Malpractice Minefield - Play Offense, Not Just Defense" by Anne Roberts, Esq., CPMSM, CPCS; Brijen J. Shah, MD, AGAF; and Michael R. Callahan, Attorney. Then, complete the quiz and earn 80% or higher to receive CE credit. 

Title: 

• Walking Cautiously Through the Medical Malpractice Minefield - Play Offense, Not Just Defense

Speaker(s): 

• Anne Roberts, Esq., CPMSM, CPCS
• Brijen J. Shah, MD, AGAF
• Michael R. Callahan, Attorney

Description: 

• As a part of the credentialing process, Medical Staff Professionals collect and review medical malpractice history for the Department Chairs to evaluate at the time of initial credentialing, reappointment and the use of the continuous query option of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Physician leaders play a critical role in assessing the data to determine overall risk to the organization. However, effective risk evaluation requires a strong partnership with Risk Management to establish specialty-specific risk thresholds, define patterns or trends in malpractice claims, and recognize that certain high-risk specialties may naturally have a higher volume of claims.
  This session will provide guidance and practical examples of how physician leaders should document their thought process when analyzing malpractice data in credentialing and peer review. As part of enterprise risk management, MSPs can collaborate with malpractice carriers to proactively evaluate and monitor lawsuits and integrate this information into the quality and peer review process. In closing the presentation will identify the appropriate steps to take internally to ensure that these discussions and evaluations are treated as privileged and confidential, followed by a panel for Q&A.

Learning objectives: 

• Learn Strategies to conduct thorough and meaningful malpractice history reviews as a part of the credentialing and privileging process, to enhance risk assessment and patient safety.
• Learn how physician leaders can assess and mitigate organizational risk through the peer review process. 
• Gain understanding as it relates to ensuring discussions and evaluations are protected under the quality and/or peer review privilege.

This course covers the following Tomorrow's MSP® Skillsets: 

• Legal
• Risk Management
• Clinical Competence
• Confidentiality
• Professional Ethics
• Quality Review/Quality

CE Credits: 

• This conference recording is eligible for 1.0 CE