- Message From the Chairman
- Assuring Safe Passage Through the Healthcare System
- OMIC Expands Regulatory Protection for Policyholders
- Changes to Your OMIC Policy for 2010
- Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Deficiencies in Care of LASIK Patient
- Tracking Referrals and Test Results
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- When Patients Become Difficult, Hostile, or Violent
- OMIC Declares 2010 Dividend
- Reporting Malpractice Claims to the Government
- Personal Relationship with a Physician-Patient Clouds Judgment on Documentation
- Duty to Warn Patients Not to Drive
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Facials, Fillers, and Physicians: Keeping the "Medi" in Medi-Spa
- OMIC, AAO Urge Use of Updated Patient Information Materials
- Coverage for Medical Spa Liabilities
- Cosmetic Treatment by Technician Results in Fine and Suspended License for Medical Director
- What May I Safely Delegate?
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Premium IOLs Come of Age
- OMIC Educational Alliances Expand Nationally
- Coverage for Use of Premium IOLs
- Case Work-Up Results in Denial of Patient's Cataract Claim
- Refunds, Fee Waivers, and Indemnity Payments
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Twenty Years of Insuring Refractive Surgery
- New Chairman to Lead OMIC
- Ensure Coverage for Your Refractive Surgery
- Lack of Informed Consent and Failure to Review Topographies
- Reduce Your Risk of a Refractive Surgery Claim
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Twenty Years of Insuring Refractive Surgery
- Ensure Coverage for Your Refractive Surgery
- Lack of Informed Consent and Failure to Review Topographies
- Reduce Your Risk of a Refractive Surgery Claim
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Wrong Eye, Wrong IOL, Wrong Patient
- Lipo-Dissolve No Longer Covered
- Coverage for Investigations
- State Medical Board Equates Wrong Powered IOL Implant With Wrong Site Surgery
- Identify and Manage Preoperative Causes of Wrong IOL Placement
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Hidden Costs of Non-Traditional Revenue Sources
- Coverage for Legal Costs of Regulatory Investigations
- Coverage for Non-Traditional Services
- The Duty of an Ophthalmologist Who Is Not On Call
- Services Provided as an Independent Medical Examiner or Expert Witness
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Using Claims and Incident Reports to Predict the Future
- Why Are Dilating Drops in the News?
- Coverage On-Call
- Elderly Patient Falls From Wheelchair Following a Dilated Exam
- Warn Patients about Side Effects of Dilating Drops
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- What a Difference Two Decades Make
- Medical Record Corrections and Alterations
- Conflicting Consent Forms Force A Settlement In Case of Hypopigmentation
- Medical Record Requests
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- My Doctor Never Told Me That Could Happen
- OMIC Makes Consent Forms More Physician-Friendly
- Who Can I Talk To?
- Off-Label Use of ICG Dye During Vitrectomy for Floaters
- Obtaining Consent on the Day of Surgery
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Honesty the Best Policy When Things Don't Go Well
- A.M. Best Upgrades OMIC's Financial Strength Rating to A
- Apologies and Insurance Coverage
- Risks and Benefi ts of Writing Off a Patient's Bill
- Refunds, Fee Waivers, and Payments
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Medical Board Investigations Should Not be Faced Alone
- Broad Regulatory Protection Policy for OMIC Insureds
- Leasing Equipment, Space, or Employees
- A Medical Board Investigation Handled Perfectly
- Responding to "Dear Healthcare Provider" Letters
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Message From the Chairman
- ER Call: Another Layer of EMTALA Liability
- New Non-surgical Coverage Class
- OMIC Revises Policy for 2007
- Traumatic Eye Injury and Patient Abandonment
- Follow-up Duty to ER Patients
- Calendar of Events
- Minor Distractions Lead to Major Problems in the OR
- The PIAA Researches LASIK Risks
- Entity Coverage
- Fire In The Operating Room
- Preventing and Managing Surgical Fires
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Endophthalmitis and TASS: Claims Results and Lessons
- OMIC Reduces Surcharge for Liposuction and Full Facelifts
- Defending Claims, Selecting Counsel
- Inadequate Hand-offs Between Physicians Delays Treatment of Endophthalmitis
- Sterilization Breakdowns in Endophthalmitis/TASS
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Ocular Anesthesia Claims: Causes and Outcomes
- Broad Regulatory Protection Now Covers DEA and STARK Violations
- The Impact of a Claim on Your OMIC Policy
- Codefendant Nurse Anesthestist's Insurance Carrier Builds a Case Against OMIC Insureds
- Interpreters for Deaf Patients
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- New Safety Rules for Outpatient Surgery
- OMIC Goes Paperless
- Task Force Studies OMIC-Insured Surgical Facilities
- Orbit Compartment Syndrome Leads to Poor Outcome Following Blepharoplasty
- Clarification of Roles During the Informed Consent Process
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- ROP Case Defines Legal Duty of Care to Patients
- Stable Rates and Dividend Credit for OMIC Insureds
- Group Policies
- Outgoing Answering Machine Message Wins Case for Ophthalmologist
- Who Can Perform Preop History & Physical Exams
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Surviving the Aftershocks of Malpractice Litigation
- OMIC Leads Industry in Financial Benchmarks
- Notify OMIC of Changes in Your Practice
- Early Reporting and Investigation of Potential Claim Averts a Lawsuit
- Cooperation Essential as Physicians Leave a Practice
- Calendar of Events
- Message From the Chairman
- Lessons from Trials and Settlements of 2004
- Broad Regulatory Protection Policy for OMIC Members
- The Cooperation Clause
- Codefendant Ophthalmologist Testifies Against OMIC Insured at Trial
- Confidentiality and Malpractice Claims
- Calendar of Events
- Anesthesia and Sedation Risks and Precautions
- Major Enhancements to OMIC's Fraud and Abuse/ HIPAA Privacy Policy
- Advertising for Medical Services
- Globe Perforation and Vision Loss in High Myopic, Deaf Patient
- Pediatric Sedation for Office-Based Procedures
- Calendar of Events
- A Safe Haven for Doctors During Hard Times
- Another Year of Growth and Profitability for OMIC
- Limits of Liability
- Watch for Warning Signs of a Missed Diagnosis
- Informing Patients About Your Surgical Experience
- Calendar of Events
- Telephone Screening as a Risk-Reduction Tool
- Visit the New www.omic.com
- Release of Contact Lens Prescriptions
- Negligent Telephone Care of Postoperative Patient
- Preoperative Testing and Examination
- Calendar of Events
- Fear and Loathing of Malpractice Litigation
- LASIK, PRK Study Identifies Malpractice Predictors
- Shared Liability for ROP Screening
- Patient Mix-up in the Laser Suite
- Acute Postoperative Endophthalmitis
- Calendar of Events
- Forensic Consulting: From Immunity to Liability
- Academy/OMIC Insurance Center Coming to Anaheim
- Annual Renewable Term Life Insurance
- Disclosure of Risks, Complications, and Adverse Outcomes
- PAM Testing Before Cataract Surgery
- Calendar of Events
- When FDA Leaves Doctors To Their Own Devices
- Record Growth and Strong Financials at Year-end 2002
- Do You Operate a Surgery Center?
- Trauma Cases: Risky to Treat, Difficult to Defend
- Practical Application of HIPAA Privacy Rules
- Calendar of Events
Archived Digests
OMIC Digest, Fall 2009 Volume 19 Number 4
OMIC Digest, Summer 2009 Volume 19 Number 3
OMIC Digest, Spring 2009 Volume 19 Number 2
OMIC Digest, Winter 2009 Volume 19 Number 1
OMIC Digest, Fall 2008 Volume 18 Number 4
OMIC Digest, Summer 2008 Volume 18 Number 3
OMIC Digest, Spring 2008 Volume 18 Number 2
OMIC Digest, Winter 2008 Volume 18 Number 1
OMIC Digest, Fall 2007 Volume 17 Number 4
OMIC Digest, Summer 2007 Volume 17 Number 3
OMIC Digest, Spring 2007 Volume 17 Number 2
OMIC Digest, Winter 2007 Volume 17 Number 1
OMIC Digest, Fall 2006 Volume 16 Number 4
OMIC Digest, Summer 2006 Volume 16 Number 3
OMIC Digest, Spring 2006 Volume 16 Number 2
OMIC Digest, Winter 2006 Volume 16 Number 1
OMIC Digest, Fall 2005 Volume 15 Number 4
OMIC Digest, Summer 2005 Volume 15 Number 3
OMIC Digest, Spring 2005 Volume 15 Number 2
OMIC Digest, Winter 2005 Volume 15 Number 1
OMIC Digest, Summer/Fall 2004 Volume 14 Number 3
OMIC Digest, Spring 2004 Volume 14 Number 2
OMIC Digest, Winter 2004 Volume 14 Number 1
OMIC Digest, Fall 2003 Volume 13 Number 4
OMIC Digest, Summer 2003 Volume 13 Number 3
OMIC Digest, Spring 2003 Volume 13 Number 2
Articles from earlier issues of the Digest are available in the OMIC Publication Archives.