TMA offers valuable legal and legislative advocacy, practical help, operational information, community health initiatives, and free CME. The legislation that created TMLT in 1979, included the provision that policyholders must be members of the TMA.
Most Recent Flipbooks
CME: Disaster preparedness for physician practices; Risk management's "greatest hits"; Perforation of sinus; Failure to stabilize a wrist fracture
CME: Avoiding common documentation errors; An introduction to AI-assisted documentation tools; Failure to document anesthesia care in an office setting; Failure to diagnose fecal impaction
2-hour CME: Exploring shared decision-making: How to partner with patients in making treatment decisions; Claims by specialty: MPL Association's 2017-2021 national closed claim data
2-hour CME: Maternal mortality and morbidity; Case study: Failure to obtain preoperative imaging; Case study: Failure to treat deep vein thrombosis associated with extreme obesity
CME: Physician wellness: Mental health care is health care; Closed claim: Failure to diagnose impending stroke; Closed claim: Failure to properly monitor and treat a bariatric patient
CME: TMLT closed claims: Caring for trauma patients; How to leave or close a medical practice; Delayed response to intracranial hemorrhage; Failure to properly examine patient
CME: Caring for vulnerable patient populations; Closed claim: Wrong-site surgery of the spine; Closed claim: Unnecessary surgery and patient death
2-hour CME: Medical staff bylaws: What physicians really need to know: Combatting obesity bias in health care settings
CME (2-hour): Electronic medical records: A practical guide; Wearable health technology: Risks, rules, and defenses; Closed claim: Failure to monitor medication and order testing; Closed claim: Delay
CME: Prescribing anticoagulants; Claims by specialty: MPL Association's 2017-2019 national closed claim data; Failure to communicate and treat patient in a timely manner; Misdirected test results
CME: De-escalation of disruptive or angry patients; Lessons from the courthouse: High-risk informed consent issues; Failure to diagnose herniated disc
2-hour CME: Supervising advanced practice providers: Definitions, agreements, and delegation; Closed claim: Incorrect dose of warfarin; Closed claim: Failure to diagnose and treat an epidural abscess
CME: Vaccines: A practical guide for physicians; Introducing Corvus: Your new cyber security coverage; Failure to diagnose and treat Wernicke's encephalopathy; Improper performance and de-escalation
CME: Adult preventative care during COVID-19; Remote patient monitoring; Failure to communicate and to properly administer warfarin; Retained foreign body and alteration of medical record
2-hour CME: Infectious disease: A review of closed claim studies and liability issues; MPL Association Data Sharing Project: Sepsis-related claims; Risk management services
CME: Risks associated with medical spas; Failure to follow up and timely diagnose ectopic pregnancy; Delay in obtaining MRI
Closed claims: Documentation errors (2-hour CME); TMLT 2019 scholarship: Winning essay
Managing a practice: How to navigate hiring, paying, and terminating employees (2-hour CME); Claims by Specialty: MPL Association's 2006-2015 national closed claim data; TMLT 2018 scholarship
Resources for staff/physician exposure to COVID-19; (CME) Sexual harassment and misconduct in health care: A practical guide for physicians; 2019 risk management trends analysis; closed claim studies