It is important for physicians to be aware of regulatory requirements and be familiar with other rules pertaining to LTC staff qualifications, certifications, licensing, knowledge, and expertise. The LTC practitioner must further understand the level of services available at each facility they practice in.

In the latest focused review, the risk management and patient safety experts with the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. identified five common areas of liability risk associated with claims against UC physicians.

Anesthesiologists play a vital role in a patient’s surgical experience. They are charged with ensuring medical readiness for surgery, providing medical management and anesthetic care, and evaluating a patient’s readiness for discharge/or transfer to a medical floor or intensive care unit.

The Court of Appeal has told a health plan, in effect, “not so fast” after the plan refused to consider a surgeon’s attempt to correct an initial coding error after an alleged emergency surgery.

As communities and nations work together to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, it is incumbent upon medical professionals to stay abreast of ever-changing information. To this end, CAP has created an online information center to help.