The State of Defensive Medicine & the Medical Liability Insurance Landscape

Описание: Healthcare Matters sits down with Dr. Richard Anderson, Chairman and CEO of The Doctors Company, to discuss the practice of defensive medicine and how much it costs the healthcare delivery system annually. Dr. Anderson also shares his views on alternative dispute resolution strategies, California’s MICRA tort reforms and whether it’s possible for the healthcare delivery system to completely cease the practice of defensive medicine. He also addresses the findings of the 2015 BMJ observational study: Physician spending and subsequent risk of malpractice claims. What did the study’s authors get right, as well as some important points of disagreement. More Healthcare Matters episodes: http://www.cunninghamgroupins.com/all...

This is the full interview with Dr. Anderson about his views on many subjects. We have broken each question into their own individual videos for easy viewing. You can find them and every Healthcare Matters episode here:
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About this episode’s guest:
Dr. Anderson is chairman and chief executive officer of The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer. Dr. Anderson was a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and is past chairman of the Department of Medicine at Scripps Memorial Hospital, where he served as senior oncologist for 18 years.

About Healthcare Matters:
We are an internet television program that explores the intersection of medicine and the law with an emphasis on medical malpractice insurance and risk management issues. Host Michael Matray, editor of Medical Liability Monitor, interviews guests from the healthcare and legal communities on issues such as tort reform, significant malpractice judgments and emerging legal trends in medical professional liability. All Healthcare Matters videos are produced by Cunningham Group, the medical malpractice insurance specialists: https://www.cunninghamgroupins.com