Congratulations to the recipient of the 8th Annual LAMMICO Patient Safety Award and Grant: St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, Louisiana. The 20...

The Joint Commission (TJC) issued a Quick Safety advisory with recommendations on how to prevent light source-related burns during surgical procedures...

The CMS memo details those three elements that hospitals should consider in ensuring patient safety related to ligature risks.

The Louisiana Legislature recently enacted a new law requiring all licensed ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospitals in Louisiana to adopt and...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently launched the Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements to support hospitals in quickly ident...

Whether you're new to accepting patients’ credit card payments or just researching a carrier change, it's important to be prepared so you feel good ab...

The Joint Commission will eliminate 200 more standards from its various accreditation programs for hospitals, ambulatory healthcare and others.

Hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) and long-term care (LTC) facilities in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee are invited t...

LAMMICO’s rating of “A” (Excellent) from AM Best was affirmed on July 12, 2023.

A group of federal agencies recently released an updated set of guidelines, called the #StopRansomware Guide, to help healthcare organizations protect...

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of our esteemed colleague, Robert L. Redfearn.

LAMMICO will stop mailing hard copies of paper Certificates of Insurance (COI) to credentialing staff designated as certificate holders on September 1...

The most recent issue of the OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter focuses on HIPAA and cybersecurity authentication and how to lock your cyber door to best pr...

We couldn’t be prouder to announce that LAMMICO has again been named the #1 Top Workplace in the small company category by NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune...

LAMMICO offers insureds complimentary consultations to address litigation stress and provider well-being. All consultations are confidential and provi...

LAMMICO offers our policyholders and practice managers complimentary access to TMHCC CyberNET®, an advanced cyber risk management resource and educati...

The Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness announced additional safety steps to protect against the MOVEit cyber...

In the event of a hurricane or weather event, a good disaster preparedness plan is essential to ensure continued medical care for patients by ensuring...

Medical offices, facilities and hospitals must usually accommodate patients with disabilities who use service animals.

Court cases show that physicians continually underestimate their liability in supervising or collaborating with nurse practitioners (NPs) and physicia...

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued this press release on May 9, 2023.

During the pandemic, covered entities were able to use, whether or not compliant with HIPAA requirements, any type of non-public-facing remote communi...

On December 29, 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 enacted a new one-time, eight-hour training requirement for all Drug Enforcement Adm...

Insureds can log in to manage which third parties have access to certificates of insurance (COI).

A LAMMICO-insured medical clinic sustained a cyber extortion event, involving the ransomware variant Zepplin, resulting in the encryption of six of it...

As we close the celebration of our 40th year, we'd like to share 40 reasons that our insureds and employees love LAMMICO.

LAMMICO has developed a new Members Only resource that is populated with the Louisiana Medical Disclosure Panel forms with the list of procedures and...