Concierge Medicine Malpractice Insurance

Concierge Medicine Malpractice Insurance In Arizona

Concierge medicine prioritizes time spent with patients, often on a retainer.  This model allows for a deeper and more personalized relationship between patients and their doctors.  It simplifies billing, operations, and staffing.  If you are a concierge medical provider, wouldn’t you want the same quality of relationship with your insurance agent?

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Tailored Coverages

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Discounts

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Why Wilson Insurance

We have been helping Arizona physicians for almost 40 years. We are your local insurance advocates.

Concierge Medicine Malpractice Insurance
Since 1987, Wilson Insurance has been helping healthcare facilities with their medical malpractice insurance. With offices in both Arizona and Utah, we are your local solution for your medical liability risk.

5 Examples of Concierge Medicine Malpractice Claims

  1. Failure to Provide Timely Care | Patients paying for concierge services expect prompt and personalized care.  A malpractice claim could arise if a physician delays diagnosis or treatment, leading to harm to the patient.
  2. Inadequate Communication | Effective communication is crucial in concierge medicine.  Failures in communicating treatment plans, risks, or alternative options could result in misunderstandings and potential claims.
  3. Overpromising Results | Physicians in concierge medicine practices may sometimes face claims if they make unrealistic promises about the outcomes of treatments or procedures, leading to disappointment or harm.
  4. Inappropriate Prescribing of Medication or Treatment | Prescribing medications or treatments that are unnecessary, inappropriate, or contraindicated for a patient’s condition can result in harm and invite malpractice claims.
  5. Breach of Fiduciary Duty | Physicians in concierge medicine practices owe their patients a heightened duty of care due to the financial relationship.  Failing to act in the patient’s best interest, such as recommending unnecessary tests for financial gain, could invite malpractice claims.

Coverage with Purpose

Medical Malpractice insurance is a crucial coverage for healthcare professionals.  It protects against accusations of negligence or inadequate treatment that result in patient injury in the following four ways:

  • Financial Protection: Malpractice claims can result in significant losses due to legal fees, settlements, and damages.  
  • Legal Defense: Medical Malpractice insurance includes coverage for legal defense costs that are outside policy limits.  At times, the legal fees can be just as much as the award amounts.
  • Professional Reputation: Malpractice claims can be damaging to a healthcare provider’s reputation regardless of the outcome.  Having Malpractice insurance can mitigate the negative impact on a provider’s reputation.
  • License Protection: Medical Malpractice insurance is required for maintaining a professional license.  Failing to obtain and maintain insurance coverage can result in disciplinary action.

Discounts

  • Are you feeling the heat with student loans?  We work with many high quality companies that provide discounts to recently graduated medical professionals.  We ensure you are compliant with loan requirements.
  • New to Practice Dentists – Minimum premiums start at $50 for Claims made or $100 for Occurrence Professional Liability.
  • New to Practice MDs and Dos – New graduates qualify for up to 75% off Professional Liability
  • Disability Insurance – No proof of income is required.  New to Practice discounts are available.
  • Life Insurance – discounts for professionals new to practice.

We Make COI Compliance Easy

Feel free to send COI requests to [email protected].  We will quickly rush out a certificate with the applicable policy forms for review.  If you do not have the required coverage, we will notify you of the additional cost.  We value customer service.

Common Questions and FAQs

Both forms offer advantages.  If you are on the fence about what form works best for you, we can talk you through the pros and cons.  We’d love to talk to you.

Nose coverage is also known as prior acts coverage.  It provides claims coverage for acts that occurred before the effective date of your policy for a previous policy that lapsed or was canceled.

The two types of malpractice insurance are claims-made and occurrence-based policies.

Most policies provide legal expenses outside policy limits. This protects your limits and prevents coverage erosion.  Your policy will articulate if defense costs are inside or outside your limit.

Some factors that influence your pricing are your coverage specialty, geographical location, and claims history.  For an articulate answer on what is affecting your premium, give us a call for a full coverage review.  We can break it down for you.

According to the National Law Review, causation is the hardest element to prove in malpractice suits.

According to John Hopkins Medicine, misdiagnosis is the ‘most common, most catastrophic, and most costly of all of medical mistakes’.

Negligence, misdiagnosis, medication errors, and failure to obtain informed consent are all common errors that lead to malpractice suits.  By focusing on these areas, you can decrease your risk and lower your insurance cost by showing favorable claim history.

The four elements of medical malpractice insurance can be summarized as a professional duty to patients, dereliction of your duty, injury caused by your breach of duty, and resulting damages.

According to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the average medical malpractice payout in Arizona across all practices was $351,570.  

As reported by Forbes, 90% of malpractice claims are settled out of court.

The medical field is one of the top five industries for EPLI claims.  Because of this, we recommend having adequate limits and to not rely on sub limits provided on coverage extensions.

Yes!  We can help with all your commercial and personal lines of coverage.  We endeavor to be your one stop shop for all of your insurance needs.