Kansas is one of a handful of states in our country that has a state run medical malpractice insurance fund, known as the Health Care Stabilization Fund, which provides excess medical liability insurance coverage for defined health care providers. All physicians and surgeons, including medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy, with an active Kansas medical license and

Before any physician is given privileges to practice medicine at a hospital he/she must go through a lengthy credentialing process and be approved by a credentialing committee.  Although it is a lengthy process it not insurmountable and you will find that most hospitals outline all the steps up front and will provide help along the way.  It’s

The Emergency Medicine medical practice is, at least with a basic understanding, known fairly well to the average, everyday patient. This is partially due to the facts that millions of Americans use the services of an emergency room each year as well as the Hollywood depiction of an Emergency Room (ER) in television shows (such as ER) and movies. Emergency medicine doctors not only

The majority of medical malpractice insurance carriers see their risk management as an investment in themselves and the physicians that they insure.  As I have attended many of these seminars or at least reviewed the course material, common themes in today’s risk management programs are oriented with a curriculum of communication, documentation and prevention.  The

“Mommy, Where Do Doctors Come From?” Training to become a physician, whether one aspires to be a Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), takes many years, including undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate study. The length of time it takes one to complete training will vary by specialty.  Most physicians will finish their training

Why bother with EHR if you won’t get the stimulus money? There are a million reasons why… I’m always surprised when I hear physicians talk about rejecting an electronic health record for their practice.  Many of them are used to the old ways of paper, and reluctant to join the new world order.  That I

Medical practices today strive to provide the highest quality services to their patients. Unfortunately mistakes happen and not all patients are satisfied with the outcome of their medical situation. This is why physicians, surgeons, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other medical providers carry physician malpractice insurance. The unfortunate side of our industry is when a physician