Louisiana’s Health Care Consumer Billing and Disclosure Protection Act, La. R.S. 22:1871, et seq., prevents a provider from “attempting to collect fro...

The Board of Directors of LAMMICO elected J. Michael Conerly, M.D., to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2019. Since...

For healthcare providers, complying with disability laws is not always easy. Patients with disabilities need different things, and doing the right thi...

Failure to rescue is a concept that espouses the idea that clinicians should be able to quickly identify when a patient is developing deteriorating sy...

As part of an ongoing effort to provide robust education about current topics and trends in patient safety and risk management, LAMMICO’s subsidiary r...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), half of all surgical site infections are preventable. That’s a significant reason w...

In order to better serve our insureds, LAMMICO has made several changes to our upcoming schedule of risk management and patient safety education for 2...

Effective August 1, 2018, Louisiana has a new and expanded definition of personal private information.

Under the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act (“the Act”), damages are limited or “capped” at $500,000 plus medical expenses in cases filed against heal...

The LAMMICO Risk Management Hospital Premium Discount Program was established to reward hospitals and eligible ambulatory surgery centers that improve...

Could the healthcare professionals at your facility be carefully following hand hygiene protocols but still spreading bacteria via their stethoscopes?...

Is a staff member’s use of a patient’s full name in the waiting room considered a HIPAA violation?

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (LSBME) and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN) have issued congruent rules governing physician...

To address this growing and often unrecognized issue of nursing burnout, LAMMICO has developed a continuing education program designed specifically fo...

The ADA compels healthcare providers to accommodate patients with disabilities, including allowing some types of animals in the treatment room.

The applicable laws relating to audio-visual recording in a healthcare setting are frequently misunderstood.

LAMMICO insures hospitals, facilities, physicians and mid-level providers – giving you the benefit of working with a single carrier to effectively cov...

Utilize LAMMICO's online Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) courses and earn 5% off your hospital base premium.

Congratulations to the recipient of the 3rd Annual LAMMICO Patient Safety Award & Grant: Specialists Hospital Shreveport.

LAMMICO is linking the 2018-2019 Award and Grant Program to its online educational activity entitled “Nurse Well-Being: The Burnout Dilemma.”

Hospitals must work harder than ever to track the influx of medical device communications and recalls.

To reduce falls, every hospital employee should be on the lookout for the conditions that cause them.

LAMMICO has developed a three-hour controlled substance course to meet the new Louisiana state requirements.

Many physicians are faced with requests from their minor, yet maturing patients, that their health information not be disclosed to their parents.

The opioid overdose crisis is reverberating into a significant threat to hospital employees and first responders.

The OCR recently clarified an important aspect of patient privacy providing insight into healthcare’s cloud-based future.

When a patient does not have an advanced medical directive and is unable to consent to treatment, who should decide what the patient wants?

The Joint Commission recently recommended several actions to improve communication at handoff.

Several states, including Louisiana, have taken steps to reduce excess opioid prescribing and shrink the pool of unused drugs.

In the United States, four percent of the population is deaf, and they go to hospitals that may not understand them.

Now entering its third year, LAMMICO’s Patient Safety Award and Grant program is increasing the monetary award to a $10,000 grant for the winning hosp...

Physicians show the symptoms of burnout, but health systems foster the problem because of the way they operate.

LAMMICO is expanding our catalog of digital resources to help to help practices, including those owned by our hospital insureds.