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Indemnity or Malpractice Insurance for New Medical Practices

January 3, 2018 By Alex Hamilton 28 Comments

Business insurance is vital for most, if not all, businesses. But due to the nature of the industry, this necessity increases ten-fold for medical practitioners.

Indemnity or Malpractice Insurance for New Medical Practices

Both “medical malpractice” and “medical indemnity” refer to insurance policies that you can take out on behalf of yourself and your practice. These policies will protect you in the event of someone lodging a claim against the services you provide.

As you begin to plan your future practice in the medical field, researching insurance policy providers and the specific policies available should be at the top of your to-do list.

Medical indemnity and medical malpractice insurance provide protection against claims of professional negligence.

The terminology of the two products is often confusing. But it’s important to remember that, although they have similar attributes, they provide cover for completely different situations.

Table of Contents

      • Appropriate insurance is vital for medical practices, such as:
  • Medical Indemnity Insurance
    • What’s Usually Covered:
  • Medical Malpractice Insurance
    • What’s Usually Covered:
  • Taking Out Medical Insurance
    • You
    • Your Practice
    • Your Employees
  • So Which Policy Should You Get?
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Appropriate insurance is vital for medical practices, such as:

  • Remedial massage practices
  • Dieticians
  • Chiropractic centres
  • Cosmetic surgeons
  • Medical centres
  • Diagnostic and imaging clinics
  • Naturopaths
  • Optical centres
  • Osteopaths
  • Pathology centres
  • Physiotherapy
  • Podiatry

Medical Indemnity Insurance

If something were to go wrong while you’re providing medical care, medical indemnity insurance will protect both you and your patients.

This will include covering the legal costs of the claim and the compensation that you might have to pay.

In countries such as Australia, there are Medical Indemnity Acts in place. These make it compulsory for all medical practitioners to be covered under a medical indemnity insurance policy.

This insurance is also a condition of registration for allied health professionals such as chiropractors, midwives, and podiatrists. It works on a claims-made basis. So it will cover claims made, which the insurer is notified about, during the period of insurance.

What’s Usually Covered:

  • Defence costs for claims
  • Costs of compensation
  • Training

Medical Malpractice Insurance

Medical malpractice insurance is like medical indemnity insurance, but will usually broaden the scope of coverage beyond just the health professional.

When a medical practice operates under a separate entity, there is a risk that someone could sue the entity for any errors or omissions that occur there.

People will often take a legal action jointly against the health professional and also the entity operating the medical practice, so both need to have coverage.

What’s Usually Covered:

  • Negligence
  • Defamation
  • Breach of duty
  • Loss of or damage to documents
  • Administrative errors and omissions

Taking Out Medical Insurance

You should take out medical insurance to cover yourself, your new entity (business), and your employees.

You

If you’ll be one of several practitioners at your new medical practice, it’s vital that you obtain reliable insurance to cover yourself as an individual in the event of unexpected or accidental malpractice.

If you’re planning to be a solo practice, some insurers might offer entity coverage sharing policy limits at no extra charge, protecting both you and your practice overall.

Your Practice

Because your practice will hold all your business assets, such as equipment and accounts, you must have sufficient medical malpractice insurance to cover your business.

In the unfortunate event an error or accident occurs, you will be less likely to have to shut up shop and end your dreams of running your own medical practice.

Your Employees

Employers are usually held accountable for the actions or errors of their employees. So it’s important to obtain a medical malpractice insurance policy that covers your employees. This way, you will protect your staff as well as yourself.

So Which Policy Should You Get?

Some people might think they don’t need coverage because they’re thorough when providing medical services and performing administrative tasks.

But the fact is, accidents do happen and you might be held accountable for them. You might be completely innocent and not at fault for a claim made against you.

Unfortunately, legal representation alone can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. Without the necessary coverage, this expense could be crippling to your practice.

It’s important to assess how your practice will operate when looking at medical insurance in order to determine which one you might need.

All policies contain exclusions of some kind, so make sure you read through the exclusions thoroughly.

The most common exclusions are illegal conduct, record alteration, and so on. If you’ve lied or been dishonest in your policy application, you could cause issues when trying to make a claim, making your policy void.

Focus on what you’d expect to need from a policy. Then speak to some medical insurance providers to get a policy tailored to your specific needs. In most cases, people will need to take out both medical indemnity and medical malpractice insurance policies.

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Comments

  1. Esha Vos says

    May 7, 2019 at 1:24 am

    I Got Some Useful Information. I was not aware of policy, claim and medical terms. But after I read, I Learn something.

    Reply
  2. Sandeep Goswami says

    January 29, 2018 at 5:17 am

    The information provided here is useful. I am glad to learn something new hereThanks for sharing with us.

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      July 29, 2018 at 10:25 pm

      Thanks for leaving a comment Sandeep Goswami!

      Reply
  3. Louis says

    January 20, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    Thank you so much for posting this! I was actually able to refer back to it for a class I’m in about business law for medical students!

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 23, 2018 at 5:49 pm

      Great to hear Louis,

      Thanks for stopping by and reading my article.

      Reply
  4. Mounika says

    January 20, 2018 at 3:22 am

    I have got some valuable information about malpractice insurance, This information is very useful. Thanks for sharing with us.

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 23, 2018 at 5:49 pm

      No problem!

      I’m glad you enjoyed the read 🙂

      Reply
  5. Alex Hamilton says

    January 17, 2018 at 7:19 pm

    Thanks for the comment Renu!

    It definitely makes the customers and clients your dealing with feel more at ease!

    Reply
  6. Deepesh says

    January 17, 2018 at 1:19 pm

    Great blog. Thanks for sharing. This blog is good for medical students as well. I will refer your content to my friends.
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    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 23, 2018 at 5:49 pm

      It’s definitely a topic medical students could read over!

      Thanks for reading

      Reply
  7. Etfe architecture says

    January 16, 2018 at 6:18 am

    What an interesting article. I think it’s amazing what we can assume about a medical insurance malpractice. Everyone should have it and with new research it covers almost all diseases. No matter that it’s costly, Nothing matters more than a man’s life. Anyhow great blog 🙂 Xoxo

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 17, 2018 at 7:19 pm

      Thanks for the comment!

      Definitely super important 🙂

      Reply
  8. Taufeeq Umar says

    January 12, 2018 at 11:32 pm

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    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 14, 2018 at 6:36 pm

      Thanks for your comment!

      Great to hear you found it helpful and informative!

      Reply
  9. Anna says

    January 12, 2018 at 1:26 am

    Hello there! Thanks for writing an article on this topic. Information is really useful. Keep it up

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 14, 2018 at 6:35 pm

      Thanks Anna,

      Glad you found it useful! I tried to include enough information to ensure readers understood the key differences.

      Reply
  10. Helly says

    January 12, 2018 at 1:14 am

    Thanks for sharing valuable information regarding medical insurance. These details are very usedful for me and my professionals.

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 14, 2018 at 6:34 pm

      Glad I could help Helly 🙂

      Reply
  11. brain says

    January 11, 2018 at 5:41 am

    I really didn’t know all those things they will be used for sure i think i should go for an medical insurance right now

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 14, 2018 at 6:34 pm

      Thanks for the comment Brian.

      Research is key. Make sure you check all the fine print with your medical insurance provider before signing!

      Reply
  12. Alex Hamilton says

    January 8, 2018 at 6:13 pm

    Thanks for reading and I’m glad you received some useful information from it!

    Reply
  13. Alex Hamilton says

    January 8, 2018 at 6:11 pm

    Thanks for the comment!

    I’m glad you found the information useful 🙂

    Reply
  14. Sajib says

    January 8, 2018 at 6:51 am

    Hi , Alex Hamilton thanks for sharing your valuable idea. Very useful for New Medical Practices. Only Insurance can recover damages.

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 8, 2018 at 6:13 pm

      Thanks Sajib!

      Definitely a final line of defense for your business should a problem arise.

      Reply
  15. germanysonim says

    January 8, 2018 at 2:06 am

    Medical Insurance is very good and everyone must have it and that too which covers almost all the diseases. It might happen that such a medical insurance might be costly but anything can happen to a person at any time. One can have big medical bills from which a Medical Insurance can help you out.

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 8, 2018 at 6:12 pm

      Thanks for the comment!

      It’s definitely an essential to cover you and your business should a significant problem occur!

      Reply
  16. sana says

    January 8, 2018 at 2:04 am

    I have got a some valuable idea on medical insurance malpractice now thanks for sharing this article

    Reply
    • Alex Hamilton says

      January 8, 2018 at 6:12 pm

      No problem!

      Thanks for the comment and for reading my article!

      Reply

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