Malpractice insurance may not cover the following activities:
Practicing outside the scope of your specialty (eg: writing admission orders, running upstairs to run resuscitations).
Undocumented treatment (ie: no ED chart generated)
Prehospital orders
EMTALA violations
Hospital committee work
Contract violations
Fraud (including billing mistakes)
Defamation
Violation of privacy
Harassment
Sexual misconduct
Assault and battery
Other crimes
Disclaimer: This information does not constitute legal advice, is general in nature, and because individual circumstances differ it should not be interpreted as legal advice. The speaker provides this information only for Continuing Medical Education purposes.
