Focus Series 105: Medical Ethics and Managed Care

Risk Management Focus: Medical Ethics and Managed Care

1 CME Category One Credit toward AMA Physician's Recognition Award

Information

The need for the program was determined from comments from previous seminar participants and from malpractice insurance statistics.

Goals

Medical Ethics and Managed Care is designed for those wishing more information about risk management, and topics appropriate for medical ethics and professional responsibility.

Objectives

Understand the ethical dilemmas created by managed care constraints on medical practice.
Be able to discuss two types of risk associated with practice in a managed care environment.
Be able to analyze a case study to identify the ethical and risk management implications of practice in a managed care environment.

Methodology

This seminar is a self-study seminar, with CME test.

Target Audience

This seminar is designed for physicians of all specialties who want to sharpen their risk management skills. A basic knowledge of risk management and malpractice is assumed.

Faculty

This seminar was authored by Rosemary Gafner, Ed.D.

CME Information

This seminar is provided in partnership with Medical Risk Management, Inc.

Medical Risk Management, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education to physicians. Medical Risk Management, Inc. designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1 Category 1 credit(s) toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

This activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Enduring Materials.

Physicians who satisfactorily complete this seminar with a score of 80 percent or better will receive a certificate of completion that will document their participation in this program.

Required Time

Estimated study time: 45 minutes
Estimated testing time: 15 minutes