Are You Due for Risk Management?
Fortress Dental Risk Management: Reducing Dental Practice Risk (Updated for 2022)
Course Description:
Through an analysis of closed Fortress malpractice claims, this course will provide strategies and resources to enhance patient safety and to reduce risk in the dental practice. Closed claim topics include esthetic restorations, wisdom tooth extractions, oral cancer, endodontic treatment, and implants. Risk management topics include documentation, communication, informed consent, technology, patient selection, referrals, prescription practices, patient noncompliance, and ethics. There are no prerequisites.
Objectives:
- Identify common dental malpractice risks
- Understand how to adapt office policies and procedures to mitigate exposure to identified risks in the dental practice
- Implement strategies with professional teams and referral networks to encourage patient safety and reduce risk
- Understand the litigation process, board investigations and the role of the insured provider in each
Take this course to insure a discount on your premium!
- A certificate will be issued to all participants who successfully complete the seminar.
- Dentists who complete this course will be entitled 10% discount on their liability premiums for a three year period from the Fortress Insurance Company. Other insurance companies may also accept this course for a discount. Please check with your carrier.
About the Speaker
MICHAEL RAGAN, DMD, JD, LLM
Dr. Michael Ragan is a defense trial attorney in a Miami, Florida law firm with 25 years of experience. Dr. Ragan received a B.A. from Syracuse University, a D.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, and an L.L.M. in Health Law from Loyola University College of Law. Dr. Ragan is presently Adjunct Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Nova Southeastern College of Dental Medicine. Dr. Ragan practiced clinical dentistry for fifteen years and supervised healthcare professional liability claims for seven years within the insurance industry. Dr. Ragan was on the Board of Directors of Fortress Insurance Company as well as the Chairman of their Claims Committee and currently serves as Medico-legal Consultant for Fortress. Dr. Ragan is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the American College of Legal Medicine.
Dr. Ragan has nothing to disclose.
Details
- Date:
- Sep 22, 2022
- Time:
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5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Event Category:
- Continuing Education
- Event Tags:
- Fortress, Michael Ragan DMD JD, Risk Management
- Website:
- https://www.cnydc.org/
Venue
- The Oncenter
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800 South State Street
Syracuse, NY 13202 United States + Google Map - Phone
- 315-435-8000
- View Venue Website
Organizer
- Central New York Dental Conference
- Phone:
- 315-434-9161
- Email:
- info@5dds.org
- Website:
- View Organizer Website
Other
- Speaker
- Michael Ragan, DMD, JD
- Credits
- 3 MCE
- Sponsor
- Fifth District Dental Society
- Register Online
- https://www.cnydc.org/
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