Negotiation and execution of a Separation Agreement is the wisest way to go to avoid unnecessary problems, including potentially expensive and acrimonious litigation.

Concerns about time, cost and liability persist, while use of electronic communication raises issues including privacy and security regulations under HIPAA, efficiency, efficacy, care coordination, care documentation, practice marketing potential, and the patient-physician relationship.

The problem is more prevalent than one would expect, while adequate support services for physicians are often unavailable, and physicians do not use available services for a variety of personal and professional reasons.

The health court concept is being treated with a new level of seriousness, enjoys growing support from new quarters, and now occupies a conspicuous place in medical liability reform policymaking.

As Pa. reforms the disciplinary activities of its medical boards, several issues emerge, including what constitutes a realistic expectation for the boards’ role in improving quality and reducing medical errors and malpractice claims in the state.

If your contract is fair and complete, you diligently prepare for your departure well in advance with the assistance of your attorney, and the other doctors are reasonable, leaving need not be a nightmare.

The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania answers our questions.

Risk management is not about defending lawsuits or claims. It is about safety, communication, analysis of data and creation and execution of tools to reduce those clusters of circumstances in the first place.

The employment agreement is a key document that needs to be drafted with care, as any of these provisions can cost the practice considerable money.

Physicians can get to the root cause of frequency and severity, and use the committee as a vehicle for changing the liability equation.