Do you have confidence that procedures in your office adequately protect you against malpractice claims?  The MDA endorses the CNA Professional Protector Plan® (PPP) program due, in part, to the risk management education and training offered to dentists and their office staffs. Sponsored by MDA Insurance, the next CNA Dental Professional Liability Risk Management Seminar will be held April 27, 2017, during the MDA Annual Session in Grand Rapids. This seminar runs from 8:00a.m. to 12:30p.m. and costs $90/person.
This course is designed for dental teams that wish to enhance patient care and reduce the risk of a malpractice claim. In today’s litigious society, managing risk is more important than ever. Don’t wait until after you’ve had a malpractice claim to learn about the most effective ways to protect your patients – and your practice. During the seminar, you will learn from the experiences of your colleagues as the presentation and discussion of actual claims leads you and your staff through a myriad of key risk exposures and training on how to handle them. Other course topics include best practices for managing clinical risks, managing adverse events, improving communication, informed consent and informed refusal, creating patient records that appropriately document and support your treatment, emerging risk issues and much more.
To register, go to michigandental.org/Annual-Session/Schedule.
The CNA Dental Professional Liability Risk Management Seminar is listed as
Course #3.
The speakers are Ronald Zentz, RPh, DDS, director of risk management for CNA Insurance Company, and Lynda Farnen, JD, partner in the Detroit-area law firm of Merry, Farnen & Ryan.
PPP insured dentists who attend this course will receive a 7.5 percent discount on their professional liability premium for three consecutive years.
If you haven’t taken time recently to review your professional liability insurance, now may be a good time. If your plan doesn’t help manage or reduce your risk, you may wonder how they will handle claims. The PPP sets the standard for superior service, outstanding coverage, dedicated legal counsel and expert claim handling. Some important coverage features are also included in the base policy:
• professional liability for you, your staff and
your practice;
• your choice of occurrence or claims-made coverage forms; and
• general/office liability;
• HIPAA defense coverage.
For your no-obligation quote, please call (800) 860-2272 or visit mdaprograms.com.