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• Is Your Facebook Page Discoverable?
  

  The legal discovery of content posted to social networking sites is a topic that continues to be litigated. In some recent medical malpractice and employment liability cases, both plaintiffs and defendants have been forced to defend statements or images posted to personal profiles such as Facebook and Twitter pages, that contradicted sworn testimony. In a recent decision […]

• 5 Things We’re Thankful for…
  

  Things we’re thankful for… 1. Our Policyholders. OMIC is nothing without your continued support of our program. Thank you for making us the largest insurer of ophthalmologists in America. But most of all thank you for continuing to put your trust in OMIC to defend your practice of ophthalmology and your professional reputation. We believe that our policyholders are […]

• 2011 Summary of State Medical Liability Laws
  

  OMIC is one of only a handful of medical malpractice insurance carriers operating in most American state legal jurisdictions. As a national carrier we must negotiate a wide range of liability laws and statutes that provide varying degrees of legal protections for our policyholders. Below is a summary of 2011 state medical liability/medical malpractice laws in the United States: Damage Award Limits […]

• Link Between Risk Management and Successful Claim Defense
  

  For decades risk managers have attempted to correlate lower claims activity in modern medical practice with higher risk management participation by physicians. One of the main problems presented when trying to draw reliable conclusions revolves around the extent to which lessons learned during risk management instruction are actually implemented within practice. Many researchers report a […]