News

• OMIC Wishes You and Your Family and Friends a Happy Holiday Season and Prosperous New Year.
  

  OMIC’s offices will be closed or operating on a reduced staffing schedule between December 24 and January 1. If you have an urgent matter, need to report a claim or obtain evidence of coverage, or must speak to a staff member during this time, please call (800) 562-6642, ext. 600, and leave a message. Staff […]

• Patient Education Checkup Initiative to Replace Outdated Patient Education Materials.
  

  Why take the risk? Outdated patient education materials and informed consent documents can increase the risk of a medical malpractice suit. Here are three simple yet effective risk-management strategies that could help you prevent or minimize the impact of a malpractice lawsuit or claim. #1. Ensure your patient education materials are up to date. Using […]

• Implantation of Eye Jewelry is Back in the News with Several Recent Reports on the Controversial Procedure. OMIC and AAO Positions Discussed
  

  A flood of stories about eyeball jewelry appeared in U.S. Media this week. (See links below). OMIC discourages the practice and requests that policyholders refrain from performing the procedure until more research or information can be shown to allay health and safety concerns that may make it an unacceptable insurance risk for the company. We ask that […]

• Denise Chamblee, MD to Chair OMIC Risk Management Committee in 2014
  

  OMIC’s Risk Management Committee will be lead by Dr. Chamblee beginning in January 2014, as Dr. Tamara Fountain, the current Chair assumes leadership of OMIC as Chair of the Board of Directors. Dr. Chamblee began serving OMIC’s Board in 2008. Provide suggestions and feedback for Dr. Chamblee and the Risk Management Committee regarding seminar topics, […]