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May 11, 2023, Inside Medical Liability Online
Postpartum Malpractice Claims: Can We Understand Preventable Harms and Socioeconomic Factors?
Rates for maternal morbidity and mortality are higher in the U.S. than in any other developed country—and many of the harms suffered by patients are preventable. In a multifactorial study, David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, FACS, Chief Medical Officer, The Doctors Company and TDC Group; Jacqueline Ross, PhD, RN, CPAN, Coding Director, Department of Patient Safety and Risk Management, The Doctors Company, and Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group, investigated postpartum claims to develop clinical recommendations to decrease the risks of postpartum morbidity and mortality.

Sep 05, 2025
The Foundation Board Welcomes New Director Ami Parekh, MD, JD
We’re pleased to welcome Ami Parekh, MD, JD, to The Doctors Company Foundation Board of Directors. Dr. Parekh is the Chief Health Officer at Included Health, where she leads their national primary care, urgent care, behavioral health, clinical navigation, and population health management practices.
From The Doctor’s Advocate

Mitigating Risks from Delayed Care During COVID-19
The pandemic has disrupted healthcare so thoroughly that in some sense, COVID-19 has affected all of healthcare.

Otolaryngology Imaging Risk Reduction
Adding point-of-care imaging to an otolaryngology practice is convenient for patients and a source of revenue for the practice. It also comes with responsibility and potential risk.

The High Costs of Defensive Medicine
“Defensive medicine” is an increasingly common practice—the growing tendency of doctors to order needless tests to establish a medical record for their defense in case they are sued.

Leadership
We lead the medical malpractice industry because of the leaders in our boardroom. Read biographies of The Doctors Company Board of Governors members.

Dec 02, 2024
Industry and Company News Fourth Quarter 2024
Announcements in the fourth quarter 2024 include affirmation of our ratings by AM Best and Fitch Ratings.
From The Doctor’s Advocate

Detecting and Addressing Incidental Findings
With the use of current imaging technology, it has become more common to find abnormalities, or “incidental findings,” that are unrelated to the reason the imaging was ordered.

Healthcare’s Transformation
Richard E. Anderson, MD, FACP, chairman and CEO of The Doctors Company, discusses some of the most pressing issues facing providers today, including rising healthcare spending and hospital mergers.

Nelson Guzman
Nelson Guzman is president and founder of Trinity Risk Advisors in Alpharetta, Georgia. He has worked in insurance for 20 years.