This episode discusses patient informed consent, and malfeasance risk. In other words, your duty to bear witness, implicit duty to disclose to the client. If you’re aware of illegal activity in your practice or by your employer or supervisor, you … Continue reading →

Our podcast presenter, Phil Lawson, Vice President of Product Development and Risk, discusses the five (5) Cs and the big D in this episode. The big D is the deposition and the five Cs are confidence, concise, clear, courteous, and … Continue reading →

Episode Three This podcast series provides needed information and tools for coping with social distancing, teletherapy, and the desire and need to serve clients properly, while maintaining practices in compliance with professional Code of Ethics, HIPAA regulations, state licensing board … Continue reading →

Episode Two This podcast series provides needed information and tools for coping with social distancing, teletherapy, and the desire and need to serve clients properly, while maintaining practices in compliance with professional Code of Ethics, HIPAA regulations, state licensing board … Continue reading →

Episode One This podcast series provides needed information and tools for coping with social distancing, teletherapy, and the desire and need to serve clients properly, while maintaining practices in compliance with professional Code of Ethics, HIPAA regulations, state licensing board … Continue reading →

Our podcast presenter, Phil Lawson, Vice President of Product Development and Risk, talks about some of our helpline experiences. He shares some experiential feedback from the risk retention group helpline – a free service for risk retention insurance policyholders. And, … Continue reading →

In this episode of the Social Work Risky Business Podcast, we discuss pitfalls and perils of an insurance policy. You must be absolutely sure your insurance policy, probably issued by a Wall Street insurance company, protects you. There are complex contracts … Continue reading →

What do we mean by negligence is spelled more than simply malpractice? Well, negligence is a duty, breach, damage, and proximate cause. Those are the elements. Avoiding malpractice and tips for social workers to manage risk is important. You’re an … Continue reading →

The healthcare field is booming. The fastest-growing 30 occupations of all occupations in the country indicate there are eight in the allied health sector. This sector contains a variety of healthcare behavioral health care workers, working in many occupations and … Continue reading →

As a licensed healthcare practitioner, there’s no doubt that you have a professional liability policy. And, you probably should have a cyber or data-breach liability insurance policy to insure you from HIPAA violations for third party information breach. Also, a … Continue reading →