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Corporate Giving
- We are pleased to support the following organizations that help to advance research, education and patient access in the areas of mental health.
- - Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Foundation
- The Psychiatric Foundation of North Carolina
- Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California
- Georgia Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research
- Colorado Psychiatric Foundation
- The Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Society Foundation
- Iowa Psychiatric Society Foundation
- Minnesota Psychiatric Information and Outreach Foundation
- The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network in conjunction with the NY County District Branch
- NAMI
In Print
- "Telepsychiatry and Risk Management" (Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience)
Written by PRMS Senior Risk Manager, Charles D. Cash, JD, LLM Login required - "To Report or Not to Report"(Psychiatry)
- This column, written by PRMS risk management staff, addresses the issue of reporting impaired drivers. Login required
- Dr. Blog (Psychiatry)
- What are the risks regarding hosting or contributing to blogs? Learn more from this article written by PRMS risk management staff. Login required
- FAQs About HIPAA and HITECH: What Physicians Need to Know (Psychiatric News)
- "Interpretation of [the new HITECH] law is still evolving, and there are many unanswered questions."
- Author Donna Vanderpool is the vice president for Risk Management at PRMS, Inc.
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A Blog By Martin G. Tracy, JD, ARM, PRMS President and CEO
PRMS staff spend a lot of time on the road, traveling to meet and talk with our customers, and prospective customers, wherever they may be. In the past year, we've attended more than 20 psychiatric-specific meetings including:
- - APA district branch meetings
- - APA Annual Meeting
- - US Psychiatric Congress,
- - American Society of Addiction Medicine,
- - American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry,
- - Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,
- - American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Programs
- - Southern Psychiatric Association.
- - Institute on Psychiatric Services
- - American Society of Addiction Medicine
- - American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists
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Happy 25th Anniversary -- To Us!
In celebration of our 25th anniversary of providing professional liability insurance to psychiatrists, President Martin Tracy offers a special thank you to all of the psychiatrists we have been honored to serve as we've worked to become the market leader in professional liability insurance for psychiatrists.
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Register for Free, Electronic Updates on Drug Warnings
The Healthcare Notification Network helps psychiatrists prevent delays and reduce risk.
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PRMS Risk Manager Emerges as National Expert in Forensic Liability
Donna Vanderpool, MBA, JD, has become one of the nation's top experts in professional liability for forensic psychiatrists.
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Podcasts by The Psychiatrists' Program
Tune into The Program! We are proud to present a series of podcasts including interviews, discussions and thoughts from our staff.
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Discovering Your Professional Liability Coverage is Not Enough
“Surprise! Your insurance policy might not protect you from that lawsuit!” It would be enough to ruin someone forever on the concept of surprises.
Program Updates
- Follow Us: Stay Updated with Psychiatric Professional Liability News on Twitter
- Follow us for news critical to your practice, including new regulations, liability trends, and helpful tips. Follow @PsychProgram
- The Program on the Road
- Our staff members travel the country to meet with doctors at meetings and events sponsored by local neurological societies. See where we've been recently!
- Testimonials
- People are talking! Hear what your colleagues are saying about The Program and PRMS staff.
- Guttmacher Award Winners
- At the Annual Meeting of the APA, PRMS honored the 2011 winners of the Guttmacher Award, Liza Gold, MD and Daniel Shuman, JD.
- Two Top Liability Risks for Psychiatrists: Patients with Suicidal Behavior and Psychopharmacology
- Patient suicides may trigger the most lawsuits, but according to PRMS data, cases with the largest verdicts or settlements don’t involve the death of a patient, but significant and permanent physical and neurological damage requiring lifelong care.