Professional Medical & Hospital Liability, Healthcare Licensing Board Representation and Human Subject Injury Programs
The Professional Medical & Hospital Liability (PL) Program within the Office of Risk Services is responsible for loss prevention and management of medical/dental malpractice claims and lawsuits that occur at University medical and dental facilities and/or involve University employees, including University physicians, dentists, residents, fellows, nurses and other healthcare employees for acts and omissions allegedly arising out of the course and scope of University employment.
The PL Program also provides for the legal representation of healthcare employees for licensing board investigations under certain circumstances. The Human Subject Injury Program provides oversight and funding of claims involving medical care and treatment for certain injuries sustained by research subjects.
The University Office of Risk Services contracts with a third party administrator, Sedgwick CMS, for the day to day management of the above programs.
The PL Program supports loss prevention and patient safety initiatives through the use of premium rebates to the medical centers and schools of medicine. This program is the 6% Prescription. Details of the loss prevention program are providing below. The Program has also supported other patient safety and loss prevention initiatives including efforts to enhance communication and informed consent. In addition, the program provides CME credit to physicians for participation in online risk education programs conducted through Education in Legal Medicine (ELM).
For information on who and what is covered, how to obtain verification of University coverage and/or claims history, please see the FAQs for the Professional Medical and Hospital Liability Program.
Contact Terri Kielhorn, JD, LLM by phone at: (510) 987-9822 or .
Related Resources
- The 6% Prescription Rebate Program – 2008-2009 (doc)
- The 6% Prescription Rebate Program – 2007-2008 (doc)
- Education in Legal Medicine (ELM)
- Lifewings in Action at UCSD (pdf)
- Medical Center Risk Managers
- Trial Results and Case Summaries
- Liability program Defense Counsel Intranet
Professional Medical & Hospital Liability Resources
- JCAHO
- American Health Lawyers Association
- ECRI Insights
- Risk Management Foundation Harvard Medical Institutions
- Health Hippo
- Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality M&M on the Web
- National Practitioner Data Bank
- Actuarial Studies (Logion required)
- Management Review Form (Login required)
- Medical Malpractice Allocation Guidelines (pdf)
- 2011 Professional Liability Funding Letter & Attachments (pdf)
- 2010 Professional Liability Funding E-Mail & Attachments (pdf)