ACEP21 Courses to Elevate Your Career | Risk Management and ED Law
Courses focused on risk management and ED Law
Times and locations are subject to change as COVID continues to impact the in-person meeting. Please confirm with the mobile app for the most current information.
Liability Concerns & Controversies Working with Non-Physician Providers
Monday | 8:30-9 a.m.
Location: Room 153, BCEC
Faculty: Kurtis A. Mayz, JD, MD, MBA, FACEP
Non-physician provider supervision and incurred liability is a frequent concern expressed by ACEP physicians. Dr. Mayz will address NPP training, supervising physician liability and independent practice.
National Practitioner Data Bank: Opening Pandora’s Box
Monday | 8:30-9 a.m.
Location: Room 156, BCEC
Faculty: Diana Nordlund, DO, JD, FACEP
Events reported to the NPDB affect all future licensing and credentialing. What events are reported? Is your report accurate or can it be corrected? What actions can be taken to avoid reporting or craft mutually agreed upon the language to mitigate future professional damage?
Top 5 Legal Risks in Five Minutes or Less
Tuesday | 8:30-9 a.m.
Location: Room 156, BCEC
Faculty: Kurtis A. Mayz, JD, MD, MBA, FACEP
Emergency medicine is a high-risk specialty. Recognizing these five predictable sources of medical malpractice claims and lawsuits in addition to cultivating practice and documentation strategies reduces the risk of becoming a defendant!
GOTCHA! The Medical Chart: Anticipating the Lawyer’s Review
Tuesday | 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Location: Room 153, BCEC
Faculty: Diana Nordlund, DO, JD, FACEP
During this interactive course, the speaker will review emergency medicine charts and discuss how wording factors into lawsuits. You will learn how specific charting can help avoid getting sued and/or win the case if there is litigation.
Practice to Penitentiary: Criminal Liability in EM Practice
Tuesday | 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Location: Room 160, BCEC
Faculty: Jennifer Stankus, MD, JD
Clinicians are coming under increasing threats of criminal reproductions for their actions in the care of their patients. A case-based exploration of current issues in criminal liability in opiate prescribing, liability for assault in the care of psychiatric patients, & negligent homicide in the place of medical malpractice.
Informed Consent: Sign Here ... See You in Court
Wednesday | 8-8:30 a.m.
Location: Room 153, BCEC
Faculty: Rachel A. Lindor, MD, JD
With the continued rise of patient autonomy comes increasing risk to EPs of dual-pronged lawsuits alleging medical malpractice AND lack of informed consent. Dr. Lindor will use cases to illustrate numerous barriers to the informed consent process in emergency department patients. Who can provide consent? Is a written form required? Is the physician obligated to discuss his/her competence? When isn’t informed consent required? How do courts evaluate claims of inadequate informed consent?
Contract Nightmares: Due Process, Indemnification Clauses & Non-Competes
Wednesday | 12:30-1 p.m.
Location: Room 160, BCEC
Faculty: Terry Kowalenko, MD, FACEP
Every major EM organization signed a letter to CMS demanding physician due process rights. Does your current contract force you to waive your due process rights? Did you agree to provide reimbursement to your employer whose negligence may have contributed to your patient’s injuries by signing an indemnification clause? Can you work for the across town competitor ED or are you bound by a non-compete clause?
Crisis Standard of Care: Ethical & Legal Implications of COVID Crisis Care
Wednesday | 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Location: Room 258, BCEC
Faculty: Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP; Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD
During the COVID pandemic, the commitment of the physician to the individual patient is counterbalanced by the need to protect the welfare of a population of patients. Join a bioethicist and an MD/JD to explore the ethical principles that guide development of the COVID crisis standard of care and resultant legal risk ramifications.
Become a Star at Your Deposition: An Insider’s Guide
Thursday | 8-9 a.m.
Location: Room 107, BCEC
Faculty: Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD
Experienced emergency physician and attorney will present a medical case for the audience to manage, leading to a charge of malpractice and a voluntary participant will be deposed. Key pitfalls and pearls of depositions will be demonstrated and discussed.
High-Risk Cases in EM
Thursday | 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Room 258, BCEC
Faculty: Rachel A. Lindor, MD, JD
Emergency medicine is a high-risk specialty. Certain clinical entities, however, are predictable sources of bad outcomes & associated medical malpractice claims & lawsuits. Dr. Lindor will review common areas associated with risk in EM, reviewing the pitfalls of misdiagnosis and strategies to reduce risk to the patient and the provider. Medical malpractice cases will be utilized to illustrate key concepts.
