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• Largest Criminal Case for Contaminated Medicine: 14 People Charged in Meningitis Outbreak That Killed 64 Patients
  

  BOSTON (AP Denise Lavoie) — Federal prosecutors charged 14 people in a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people nationwide in what authorities called the largest criminal case ever brought in the U.S. over contaminated medicine. The co-founders, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy are accused of using expired ingredients and failing […]

• ALERT: Dec 11, 2014 Service Disruptions Due to Storms in Bay Area
  

  Please be advised that due to power outages caused by storm conditions in the Bay Area, there may be service disruptions, delays, and intermittent availability of phone, fax, or email communications. OMIC is monitoring the situation and will provide updates when available. If you have an urgent matter and have difficulties contacting us, please leave […]

• Patient Education Check-up Week Promotion and Discount
  

  The Academy and OMIC are jointly sponsoring the sixth annual Patient Education Check-Up Week, to be held this year, December 1 – 7. This campaign encourages OMIC insureds and office administrators to audit all of their Academy patient education materials and informed consent documents to ensure they are current. Why take the risk? Outdated patient […]

• New Data Analysis Shows Noneconomic Damage Caps Reduce Costs
  

  Rockville, MD (October 24, 2014) – PIAA, the nation’s leading association representing the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance community with a commitment to the quality delivery of healthcare, commented today on a new study supported by the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institutes of Health and released […]