Risk Assessment

Look at some of the most common risks to your practice and how to manage them.

Make sure your assets are protected.

Ready or not, office holiday parties are back this year. These are some of the risks that practice owners and leaders should manage to help ensure a stress-free holiday and a positive transition to the New Year.

By making strategic yet affordable investments and undertaking specific basic measures, smaller practices can make great strides to strengthen their defenses.

In part seven of our look at medical malpractice risk we examine specific liability issues from recent media reports and about physicians and healthcare.

We continue our look at asset protection for physicians in the context of medical malpractice claims with a look at the causes of medical malpractice claims and thinking defensively about diagnosis and documentation.

Self-employed physicians and medical practice owners face a variety of risks including medical malpractice claims. We continue our discussion of the numbers and facts behind these lawsuits.

Recent attacks encouraged new guidelines from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

While physicians face many financial and legal risks, the elephant in the room is always your professional liability and the risk of a malpractice lawsuit. We start an in-depth look at the facts about these lawsuits including where they happen, who they happen to, and what they cost.

Memorial Day begins the “100 Deadliest Days”.

The basics you should know to keep your coins safe.

Covered entities should be balancing a patient’s right to request his/her medical records or designated record set in a particular electronic format with an unacceptable level of security risk to the covered entity’s systems.

Here is what luxury homeowners, buyers, and sellers need to know about construction costs, closing delays, insurance, and why you are probably under-insured for the loss or damage of your home.

Asset protection, insurance, compliance, and risk management.

Risks that threaten doctor’s financial solvency take many forms and require serious personal and professional risk management in multiple areas.

Now is a good time to step back and bring this fresh mindset to reassessing policies and procedures

Doctors face a variety or risks far beyond medical malpractice liability. We examine some of the predictable risks of spring and surprises from current headlines that can threaten physicians’ wealth.

Basic personal finance issues that can threaten your wealth including both external threats and risky behaviors to avoid.

Recurring versus reactive risks.

As 2021 begins, it presents both familiar risks and new challenges never experienced in the lifetimes of most Americans. We start the year by reviewing key measures to help you to manage and survive both.

Waiting to change could negatively affect business

Tactics to consider as you contemplate emerging risks and refine your COVID-19 response.

Complying with HIPAA and meeting meaningful use by creating a security risk analysis isn't as costly or time consuming as you think. Here are eight simple steps.

A starting point of 11 of the most common asset mistakes.

An unexpected side effect of COVID19 is a significant rise in identity theft and related cybercrimes. Here are the most common traps to look out for and a response plan in case it happens to you or someone you know.