Everybody has a number of kids they care about. Dr. Robert Hamilton has six children, seven grandchildren, a bustling pediatrics practice in Santa Monica, and has taken two dozen journeys to Africa to help hundreds of families.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a framework to aid in the protection of our most sensitive information. 

Through a variety of approaches, the physicians nominated by the Mutual Protection Trust Board of Trustees to represent the membership share a core value in their desire to serve: Enhancing patient care by keeping medical liability protection costs low.

May is here and it is almost time for the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc., ballot and Mutual Protection Trust proxy. Members will start receiving their mailed ballot and proxy materials the week of May 29.

This month, our “Member Profile” column features a heartwarming story about two CAP members and their remarkable friendship. Dr. Colleen Coleman has been a CAP member since 2006, and Dr. Brian Dunn has been a CAP member since 2004.