Why Are Cardiologists Choosing EmPRO as Their Medical Malpractice Insurance Carrier?
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Spend less time managing your policy and more time caring for your patients
EmPRO understands that the last thing a cardiologist needs to do is to spend valuable time with mundane administrative tasks which is why EmPRO has developed EmPROConnectSM.
EmPROConnectSM is a suite of web-based tools designed to ensure that our physicians can easily manage their malpractice insurance policy. With EmPROConnectSM, physicians can easily receive quotes and apply for malpractice insurance, access their premiums and deductibles, view invoices, generate certificates of insurance, and much more.
With EmPRO, bills can be paid by credit or debit card without incurring a fee.
Claims Defense
EmPRO understands that defending our physicians is our number one priority. If you are ever involved in a malpractice suit, you can rest assured knowing that our claims team will work tirelessly to investigate and strategize on your behalf. At EmPRO, we will put together a team of top legal, claims, insurance, and medical experts, including leading experts in cardiology, to bring forth the strongest defense possible on your behalf. EmPRO’s Medical Directors will work with our attorneys in the initial phase of the claims process to ensure that your claim receives the optimal defense strategy.
EmPRO understands that the practice of medicine carries inherent risks to the patient and that an adverse event does not necessarily imply negligence. It is therefore important for cardiologists to select a malpractice carrier who understands that cardiology has inherent risks and that a case should not be settled merely because of a poor outcome.
- Where other malpractice companies settle for business reasons, EmPRO will fight on your behalf.
- EmPRO uses data-analytics to drive strategic planning of claims defense.
- EmPRO’s claims team has a proven track record of success. To learn more, click here.
- EmPRO has a captive medical malpractice law firm, providing in-house legal expertise.
Comprehensive risk management services
EmPRO’s risk management and legal team has decades of experience supporting and advising our physicians on how to best mitigate risk in their practice. EmPRO provides consultation services for both small and large practices.
Access to award-winning education
Our award winning CME and MOC education programs combine the very best risk management and patient safety content into easy to learn, memorable online courses. Our courses are approved by the Medical Society of the State of New York and the New York State Department of Financial Services for the New York State medical malpractice insurance premium discount and excess malpractice insurance program.
Also:
- Stay informed with EmPRO’s legal briefs
- Find specialty-specific risk management content with EmPRO’s original articles, videos, and posts.
- Stay current by following EmPRO’s social media feeds for the latest news, information, and original articles.
- Keep up to date with the latest malpractice trends by attending EmPRO’s webinars.
Physician peer support
No cardiologist wants to have an adverse event or become involved in a malpractice lawsuit. Unfortunately, it is impossible to completely eliminate risk, no matter how competent a physician may be. At EmPRO, we have trained, knowledgeable, experienced physicians to provide support to you if the need arises. Our critical care peer-supporters are available to have a confidential call to discuss an adverse event, litigation, or any frustrations or challenges related to practicing medicine today.
EmPRO offers:
- One-to-one support
- Virtual peer group support
- In-person group peers support
In Focus – Cardiology Malpractice Claims
According to a Medscape Survey in 2015, why do cardiologists get sued? Topping the list was complications from treatment/surgery, followed by wrongful death, failure to diagnose/delayed treatment, failure to diagnose/delayed diagnosis and poor outcome/disease progression. (1) With 84% of cardiologists giving depositions as part of the malpractice litigation process, defense attorneys were concerned that cardiologists provided additional information at the depositions that did not help their cases. (2)
To prevent fellow cardiologists from getting into trouble, cardiologists who were deposed gave advice to their cardiology colleagues:
- Documentation is your salvation
- Be well prepared
- Document curbside consults
- Listen to your lawyer
- Be your own advocate (3)
Additionally in the Medscape survey, cardiologists were asked what they would do differently in the future. The top two responses were (1) to have better documentation and (2) to spend more time with the patient and his/her family. (4)
References
- Carol Peckham, Sarah Grisham Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Primary Care Physicians Get Sued, December 28, 2015 https://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/malpractice-report-2015/primary-care#page=1
- Carol Peckham, Sarah Grisham Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Primary Care Physicians Get Sued, December 28, 2015 https://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/malpractice-report-2015/primary-care#page=1
- Carol Peckham, Sarah Grisham Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Primary Care Physicians Get Sued, December 28, 2015 https://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/malpractice-report-2015/primary-care#page=1
- Carol Peckham, Sarah Grisham Medscape Malpractice Report 2015: Why Primary Care Physicians Get Sued, December 28, 2015 https://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/malpractice-report-2015/primary-care#page=1
Helpful Cardiology resources
- American College of Cardiology: https://www.acc.org
- American Heart Association http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
