Risk Management

Mapping Today’s Risk Environment

Cyberthreats, staffing shortages, aggressive payer audits, and evolving scope-of-practice laws all add new layers of exposure. Our posts break risks into clinical, operational, financial, and reputational categories and suggest mitigation tactics suited to solo offices, group practices, and hospital-employed providers.

Policy Templates & Playbooks

Blogs include downloadable informed-consent addenda, social-media guidelines, and incident-reporting forms that satisfy legal standards while fitting real-world workflow constraints.

Insurance & Alternative Risk Financing

We explain malpractice policy structures, occurrence vs. claims-made coverage, and captive insurance options.

Leadership, Training, & Culture

Effective risk management requires engaged leadership. Posts outline strategies—regular safety huddles, anonymous reporting channels, and just-culture scorecards—that encourage proactive issue identification.

Business Continuity & Disaster Planning

From ransomware response plans to supply-chain contingency mapping, we translate high-level frameworks into checklists that clinics can adapt to their size and specialty.

MR Magnet Triggers Gunshot Wound to Patient

September 5, 2024June 14, 2024 by Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD

MR Imaging is generally safe, but it’s easy to see how a patient can be injured if the team technicians become complacent. What do you think?

Asset Protection – What NOT to Do.

September 5, 2024May 17, 2024 by Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD

There are all types of ways to protect your assets from creditors. Some protections are creatures of state law. For example, Texas and Florida provide significant protections to your homestead. Also, many insurance policies (such as life insurance) are beyond the reach of creditors. Physicians in some specialties and in some states are reasonably worried … Read more

Board Certification and Labels You Can and Cannot Use Online

August 15, 2024June 22, 2023 by Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD

Medical Justice provides consultations to doctors facing medico-legal obstacles. We have solutions for doctor-patient conflicts, unwarranted demands for refunds, online defamation (patient review mischief), meritless litigation, and a gazillion other issues. We also provide counsel specific to COVID-19. If you are navigating a medico-legal obstacle, visit our booking page to schedule a consultation – or use the … Read more

Is a Chaperone in the Exam Room Enough?

August 15, 2024June 8, 2023 by Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD

Yes, Even Doctors Occasionally Get Arrested. Self-Reporting to the Board.

August 15, 2024March 23, 2023 by Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD

Disclosing Medical Errors – How To Do It Right

August 15, 2024August 15, 2022 by Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD

Dealing with Medical Board Complaints: Part I

September 4, 2024August 1, 2022 by Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD

Ask doctors what they fear the most and almost all will say being sued for malpractice, but another challenge poses no less a risk to their careers: a complaint to a state medical board. Filing a complaint requires no more from an aggrieved patient or family member penning their beef and finding a postage stamp … Read more