Douglas Grant Lincoln & Okanogan CPHD
Grand Coulee, WA

Littleton Regional Healthcare
Littleton, NH

MD2 Houston PLLC
Houston, TX

Mid-Valley Pulmonary Medical Group
Sherman Oaks, CA

Mount Rainier Emergency Physicians PLLC
Puyallup, WA

North Bend Medical Center 
Coos Bay, OR

Northeast Oklahoma Physician Network
Tulsa, OK

OPYS Holdings, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

The first insulin pump was invented in 1963 by Arnold Kadish. This alternative method of insulin delivery was developed to manage Type 1 diabetes mellitus patients and was considered a vast improvement over injection-based methods of dosing insulin. However, the design was impractical for everyday use. What was the issue?

Check out next quarter's newsletter for the answer! 

The Physicians Insurance defense team is proud to announce that a Washington jury rejected a $2.7 million claim against one of its policyholders. The case centered around a patient’s allegation that a damaged ureter during a hysterectomy (a known risk of the procedure) was caused by improper surgical technique. Physicians Insurance assembled a legal team to vigorously defend our client—a physician with over 30 years in practice—and prove that the standard of care was met. They engaged with two deeply credentialed experts (an ob-gyn and a urologist) to refute the plaintiff’s claim.

Kari Adams, Senior Vice President of Claims, leads Physician Insurance’s claims team guided by a simple philosophy: Do what’s in the best interest of our policyholders, and defend the practice of quality medicine. With this as our guide, and under Kari Adams’s leadership, we have achieved an enviable 10-year average of 97% defense verdicts out of a total of 80 jury trials.

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When a missed finding on an imaging scan is alleged, the finding can suddenly seem so obvious in the present that you or others believe it could have, or should have, been spotted immediately.

At Physicians Insurance, we know these allegations are never as obvious as they may seem. But how do you prove that? Here are takeaways from a recent radiology case in which we addressed this question head-on.

CASE SUMMARY

The problem

A recent Physicians Insurance case that began with a patient’s emergency care landed at the Washington State Supreme Court to address the laws around informed consent. Could the results possibly impact how physicians handle informed consent across the State of Washington?

This became the focus of a defense that brought prominent medical organizations together from around the state to advocate for the healthcare community. 

More than just a medical malpractice claim

To our Members,  

At the heart of Physicians Insurance’s claims approach is our Policyholder and Claims Committee. Formed at the inception of Physicians Insurance in 1981, this committee is now made up of 20 top physicians representing primary care, hospitals, surgery, and various other specialties. These physicians are not only leaders in their field with extensive expertise, but they are also committed to improving the practice of medicine overall.

We’re proud to report on our recent successes in court. Each defense verdict is a product of teamwork, dedication, and expertise. Thank you for your partnership in service to our members.

Visit our Trial Results web page to learn more about our most recent defense verdict, an allegation of wrongful death due to improper performance in an interventional radiology case. 

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