Risk Management in Dental Practice

6:00 PM Registration

6:30 PM Dinner 

7:00 PM Lecture 

Title: Risk Management in Dental Practice

Presenter:

Katie Panikian, JD, CPCU, ARM

Risk Manager/Chief Risk Officer

Eastern Dentists Insurance Company

CEUs: 2

Course Description:

This course will teach, by examining dentist professional liability claims, how risk management is a vital tool in reducing your malpractice exposures. We will examine claims that involved a breach in the standard of care and failure to obtain informed consent. By learning risk management best practices, you are doing your best to reduce the risk of litigation and to establish a more defensible position should litigation occur.

Learning Objectives:

             Learn the most common causes of malpractice complaints

             Learn what constitutes the proper standard of care

             Learn what constitutes proper informed consent

             Understand why documentation is so crucial to risk management

             Understand how risk management principles can make patient care safer

PRESENTER BIO:

Katherine A. Panikian, JD, CPCU, ARM. Katie is the Risk Manager and Chief Risk Officer at Eastern Dentists Insurance Company (EDIC). She has been in the risk management and insurance field for over a decade. Prior to joining EDIC, Katie was the Risk Manager for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Editor of The John Liner Letter, a prominent risk management publication. Katie is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts and Maryland and has achieved the Associate in Risk Management (ARM) certification and Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation from The Institutes. Katie graduated from William and Mary School of Law in 2006.

 Eastern Dentists Insurance Company is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.