ADAM 2018 Conference Presentation to Double Down on What Makes for an Effective Physician Practice
SAN DIEGO, February 6, 2018 – With the myriad issues that face the ever-evolving medical care sector, medical practices are likewise facing multiple legislative and regulatory headwinds in approaches to office risk management. To help bring these issues into clearer focus for practice managers, the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. (CAP) will be represented on a panel at the 2018 Association of Dermatology Administrators & Managers (ADAM) Conference, to be held in San Diego February 12–14, 2018.
As a foremost provider of medical malpractice coverage to more than 12,000 physicians and medical practices throughout California, CAP is dedicated to providing doctors and hospitals with the tools to offer patients a seamless experience while mitigating the risk inherent with providing care. CAP specializes in evaluating office systems and documentation, including both paper and electronic health records, to help healthcare practitioners reduce risk.
Carole Lambert, MPA, RN, CAP’s Vice President for Practice Optimization, will be speaking at ADAM’s annual conference on February 12. Joining her will be Randie Minovitz BSN RN, Director, Ambulatory Risk Management at PIH Health Whittier, a nonprofit regional health network serving Southern California. Their presentation, entitled “Risk Management Forever—Because Everything Old is New Again,” will outline key takeaways for medical risk management professionals as they navigate and continue to develop their strategies for effective practice administration:
- Describe four elements in successfully managing risk in dermatology.
- Identify three forces impacting healthcare risk management.
- List three activities that are central to mitigating risk.
- Outline a simple strategy for evaluating, mitigating and managing risk.
“Given the daily barrage of regulatory acronyms and issues that compete for risk managers’ time, it is more crucial than ever for healthcare professionals and practices to have a clear set of guidelines activities in place,” said Lambert. “At the same time, as the name of our panel suggests, these are techniques that are tried, tested, and have shown promising results for our member practices.”
Randie Minovitz, a registered nurse with more than 35 years of experience in hospital and ambulatory settings, added, “Ambulatory care in particular is an area for medical practices to grow and examine their risk management procedures. As healthcare systems increasingly turn to ambulatory care as a way to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations, having a risk management outline in place at such practices will be paramount.”
The role of patient experience in clinical settings also features prominently in CAP’s highly popular Risk Management Self-Assessment Kit. This exhaustive guide offers a digestible, easily comprehensible format that eliminates jargon and includes a practical checklist for healthcare providers to help ensure that they are meeting mandated requirements and recommended guidelines that serve as a benchmark for excellence. Available to CAP members and all physicians, the document features a “Patient Experience” section that highlights various considerations such as cleanliness of facilities, reading materials, staff engagement and training and complaint resolution/customer service.
For more information about this, and CAP’s wide range of offerings for healthcare providers, please visit www.CAPphysicians.com.
About the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc.
The Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. (CAP), established in 1975, offers medical professional liability protection to nearly 12,000 of California's finest physicians through the Mutual Protection Trust. In 2013, CAP organized CAPAssurance, a Risk Purchasing Group, to bring liability insurance coverage to hospitals, healthcare facilities, and large medical groups. Based in Los Angeles, CAP also has offices in San Diego, Orange County, Sacramento, and Palo Alto. For more information, visit www.CAPphysicians.com. CAP is licensed as a California surplus lines broker (License No. 0B72723). The insurance products provided under the CAPAssurance, a Risk Purchasing Group, program are issued by a “non-admitted” or “surplus line” insurer that is not licensed by the State of California.
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