Rob Fante, MD – OMIC Nominee to Academy’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) XIX Class of 2017
OMIC Risk Management and Underwriting Committee Member Robert G Fante, MD, FACS, of Denver Colorado was accepted for the LDP XIX, Class of 2017. Dr. Fante was nominated by OMIC to join a select group of twenty participants chosen from among a large group nominated by state, subspecialty and specialized interest societies.
The purpose of the Leadership Development Program (LDP) is to provide both orientation and skill development to future leaders of state, subspecialty and specialized interest societies. Nominees to the LDP must agree to develop a project that will benefit the nominating group.
The subject of Dr. Fante’s project will be lessons learned from closed oculofacial plastic surgery cases over OMIC’s 30 year history, with particular focus on trends in the past 10 years. The types of claims and complaints that arise for the oculoplastic subspecialty are somewhat different than those for other branches of ophthalmology, and the levels of indemnity are often higher. As the largest single carrier for this subspecialty, OMIC is in a unique position to have useful data that will hopefully reveal trends that can then be used to mitigate claims and improve patient safety.
This project will analyze details and statistics on the types of oculoplastic claims that OMIC has experienced with review of a few cases to illustrate particular points related to cosmetic surgery, informed consent, standard of care violations, etc. The oculofacial plastic surgery claims data has not been previously studied at this level of detail, and is quite interesting. Dr. Fante will also review physician strategies that are associated with getting into malpractice trouble, and those that are associated with staying out of trouble, as well as suggested algorithms to mitigate difficult situations.
More about Dr. Fante at https://www.drfante.com/
A New Look
We are excited to introduce a new OMIC brand strategy and corporate logo. In anticipation of our 30th anniversary year in 2017, OMIC has placed a renewed emphasis on defining our core missions in order to best serve the needs of our policyholders. In 2012, we also began an exhaustive process of forming a new strategic plan that will prepare OMIC for a rapidly changing environment in both the insurance and eye health care communities. Part of that process was to showcase and celebrate our unique identity.
Our new logo features an abstract graphic that suggests the shapes of overlapping eyes and symbolizes a commitment to a forward-looking vision for OMIC. It signifies the common and shared goals of OMIC, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and our policyholders to support, defend, and enhance the practice of ophthalmology.
With one eye focused on our past, we reflect on OMIC’s origins. Our founding members and sponsoring organization, the Academy, laid a foundation for what would become the largest and most trusted insurer of ophthalmologists in America. We reaffirm our mission, first articulated by OMIC’s leaders in 1993, to serve the needs of members of the American Academy of Ophthalmology by providing high quality medical liability insurance products and services.
With another eye looking forward, we will respond to the changing needs of our policyholders and strive to be a leader in the medical liability community by promoting quality ophthalmic care and patient safety.
In the coming months members of the ophthalmic community will learn more about OMIC’s accomplishments and milestones as we celebrate our 30th year of serving ophthalmology. In addition, our branding strategy will focus on OMIC’s future commitments to our specialty.
2016 Members Report
It was the summer of 1985 and all the national television networks were there. You could hear the cameras clicking and the whir of their motors grinding away. Before a committee of the House of Representatives a hesitant man leans forward and begins to speak. Amazingly, nearly every seat facing him was empty. This is the way Congress works. Representatives appear before the lenses in this room to make speeches to constituents back home. They are gone before the testimony they’ve requested from the man begins.
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What’s happening in Wisconsin?
If you haven’t heard the news, we now writing coverage for ophthalmologists in the Badger State! Go here for more information.
After working for more than 20 years, OMIC has been successful, working with other insurers and key legislators, in getting changes enacted that will both benefit patients and physicians and medical providers in the state.
We are appreciative of the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance for their efforts in approving OMIC.
Check out the latest news on rates and dividends.
See 20 reasons to be insured by OMIC.
Read the article Wisconsin Allows Risk Retention Groups to Insure Health Care Providers in the recent edition of Captive magazine.
Michael C. Tigani, MD – OMIC Nominee to Academy’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) XVII Class of 2015
OMIC Risk Management and Underwriting Committee Member Michael C. Tigani, MD was accepted for the LDP XVII, Class of 2015. Dr. Tigani was nominated by OMIC to join a select group of twenty participants chosen from among a large group nominated by state, subspecialty and specialized interest societies. The purpose of the Leadership Development Program (LDP) is to provide both orientation and skill development to future leaders of state, subspecialty and specialized interest societies.
Nominees to the LDP must agree to develop a project that will benefit the nominating group. As a member of the OMIC Risk Management Committee, Dr. Tigani chose a project that would educate OMIC members regarding the malpractice reporting guidelines of the National Practitioner Data Bank and state Board of Medicine. With assistance from OMIC staff and Virginia defense counsel, Dr. Tigani developed an educational format (case studies) that he used at the workshop, Oh No! Who Needs to Know?, presented at the 2015 Virginia Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (VSEPS) Annual Meeting. The subject matter and format of the presentation were well received. About 60 ophthalmologists attended the workshop. Attendees who subsequently responded to a VSEPS survey found the flow chart and handout material to be very useful.
Dr. Tigani is pleased to share the slides and handout material from the VSEPS workshop as well as a PIAA article related to the interplay between state board actions and medical professional liability (MPL).
