Category Archives: Medical Malpractice

Cyber Attacks in Healthcare

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By Julie Danna – Last November I read an article on cyber attacks in healthcare that broke down the price of data on the black market. It estimated that a credit-card number is worth $1, a Social Security number is worth $3, and a medical record is worth $200. This really caught my attention and

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Florida Supreme Court Overturns Malpractice Damage Awards Cap

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By Matt Gracey The Florida Supreme Court’s recent overturn of the caps on non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases is the final nail in the coffin of tort reforms enacted in 2003. The frequency of lawsuits against doctors and correspondently the premiums for malpractice insurance in Florida since 2003 have dropped on average about 65%

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Physicians Should Prepare for Increase in Malpractice Premiums

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By Vanessa Orr Physicians who invest in malpractice insurance in Florida have had the benefit of buying in a soft market – characterized by low rates and low claims – but according to insurance specialist Matt Gracey, CEO of Danna-Gracey, the leading independent medical malpractice insurance agency in the state, that is about to change.

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The State of the Medical Malpractice Insurance Market in Florida

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  By Matt Gracey As we enter 2017 there are a number of unclear predictions about the medical malpractice insurance market in Florida, but one that I feel very confident about is that, for the first time in at least a decade, that market is on the verge of change for the worse.  The biggest

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Cyber Threats to your Practice in Simple Terms

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Confused by cyber threats to your practice?
You just might consider the Orient Express! By Matt Gracey According to the Ponemon Institute Sixth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data, published in May 2016, “Data breaches in healthcare are increasingly costly and frequent, and continue to put patient data at risk. Based on

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Do You Really Know How Your Insurer Handles Medical Malpractice Claims?

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MedMal Direct settles 95% of their medical malpractice claims with payments to the plaintiffs, recent study in Florida shows. By Matt Gracey This is a classic story of cheap vs. good. With the extremely competitive climate in the Florida professional liability insurance market for physicians and surgeons, one can often lose sight of the most-important

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Mental Health in the Workplace

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By Tom Murphy We are reminded almost daily of the consequences of a mentally ill person is being allowed to work in a profession in which they place others at risk, in addition to themselves. Some examples are police, military, aviation, and even school-bus drivers. This sometimes-fatal combination reminds us of the ongoing argument about

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Protecting Your Practice Data from Breaches and Theft

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By Tom Murphy Along with the evolution of electronic health records (EHR) comes the potentially expensive reality of data breaches and theft for all medical practices, both large and small. Many physicians and practice administrators still believe their practice is too small to be a target for hackers. Everything we have seen over the past

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