Professional Liability Insurance for Medical Professionals – Why do I need it and how much does it cost?

Professional liability for medical professionals is getting more popular in recent years. Professional liability provides legal protection for those who provide professional advice or services. Because a general liability policy is triggered by bodily injury, property damage, personal injury, or advertising injury, you can be left without legal protection in the event that you are sued for services rendered or advice given to your clients or patients.

For example, you are a nutritionist providing weight-loss advice. You have been raving to all of your clients about a new diet you’ve created. The diet results in weight loss, but also a spike in cholesterol levels in certain types of people (which you were unaware of). One of your clients has a heart attack as a result. Professional liability would protect you in this situation.

Another example would be that you are responsible for training the incoming nursing recruits at your hospital. You’ve trained a hundred incoming nurses in your time at the hospital. Years later, it turns out that you have been teaching these employees the incorrect way to use a certain piece of equipment which has led to multiple injuries and lawsuits. You are pulled into this because it was you who incorrectly trained these people to do the job. Professional liability would provide coverage for such a situation.

Many medical professionals are being required to (or choosing to) carry individual professional liability insurance separate from that of their employer.There are several reasons for this:

  1. The primary reason is that we are living in a time when attorneys will list as many parties as possible in a lawsuit when their client suffers a loss. This means the business you are working for, the manufacturer of any products you use, and even you as an individual. Even though you may ultimately be released from the lawsuit, defense costs can add up. Defense costs are included in your individual policy.
  2. Many medical professionals are working as independent contractors for one or more companies. Because of this, these companies will require you to carry insurance. The reason is that they are looking to create a separation between you and the company for legal and cost-saving purposes.
  3. If you are educating or training others in your field, you could be pulled into a lawsuit down the road if one of your trainees is sued as a result of using techniques provided by you.

Fortunately for you,professional liabilityinsurance for medical professionals in Pennsylvania is typically very cheap. For an individual in a relatively low-hazard class, you can expect to pay somewhere around $250 per year. Some of the classes below are those that will fall into the low-cost program:

EMS-Paramedic Diagnostic Medical Optometry Tech/ Assistant Rehabilitation Therapist
EMS-Volunteer Dialysis Tech Pedorthist Patient Care Assistant
Pharmacist Assistant/Tech Histologic Tech Bio-med Tech Audiologist
Certified Medical Assistant Child Development Polysomnographer Perfusionist
Physician Assistant Podiatric Assistant Exercise Physiologist Health Care Services/Admin
Laboratory Aide Laboratory Tech Blood Bank Tech Physical Therapist Assistant
Clinical Lab Tech Counselor Phlebotomist Vascular Technician
Coding/Medical Billing Alcohol/Drug Wellness Orthopedic Assistant
Recreation Therapist Medical Preparation Tech Music Therapist Electrologist
Medical Records Admin Speech Hearing Therapist Surgical Assistant Athletic Trainer
School Nuclear Medical Tech Dental Hygienist EMS-First Responder
MRI Tech Surgical First Assistant Occupational Therapist Pharmacist
Clinical/Rehab/Mental Health Dental Lab Tech X-Ray Technician Central Services Tech
Sports Medicine Therapist Orthotics/Prosthetics Mammography Tech Health Educator
Nutritionist Bio-med/Biotechnology Community Health Assistant Certified Medical Aid
Dental Assistant Dietitian Nursing Assistant Surgical Technologist
Hospital Pharmacy Tech Radiologic Tech Medical Tech Assistant Respiratory Therapist
Pastoral/Guidance Mental Retardation Work Sports Medicine Instructor Nurse’s Aide
Rehabilitation Assistant Medical Technologist Sonographer Medical Assistant
Community Health Tech Marriage/Family Mental Health Tech Speech Language Pathologist
Home Health Aide Chiropractic Assistant Patient Care Technician Chiropractic Technician
Psychological Therapist Gerontology Social Worker Enternostomal Therapist
Physical Therapist Kinesiologist/Kinesiotherapist Radiation Therapist Medical Lab Tech
Corrective Therapist Ultrasound Technician Occupational Therapist Assistant Others…

Call Risk Averse Insurance in Media, PA to discuss medical professional insurance for you or your business.

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