Issues regarding your day-to-day challenges
Our Risk Management Webinars are intended to assist practice managers and physicians around issues regarding day-to-day challenges. We've scheduled these during lunchtime so you and your staff won't miss out on these informative sessions! Registration is FREE, but limited to Medical Mutual policyholders.
Scheduled Webinars:
Maine's Yellow Flag Law: Past, Present, and Future
We hope you can join us for this important discussion around Maine’s weapon restriction statute, known as the “Yellow Flag Law,” focusing on the interplay between law enforcement and healthcare personnel, the legal standards that must be met before a person is deprived of a firearm, and the legal protections afforded healthcare practitioners in the process.
Objectives
To gain an understanding of:
- The genesis and development of the Maine statute that allows courts to issue “weapons restriction orders.”
- The roles of law enforcement, healthcare personnel, and the courts in obtaining and issuing weapons restriction orders.
- How the process unfolds – where and by whom safety assessments are conducted.
- The legal risks to healthcare personnel and the protections afforded by state and federal law.
- Pending legislation that has been proposed to make the weapons restriction process more effective.
Presenters:
Christopher Taintor, Esq.
Norman, Hanson & DeTroy
Chris represents hospitals and other healthcare organizations in malpractice suits, in the defense of discrimination claims, in judicial and agency proceedings arising from privacy breaches, and in a variety of governmental enforcement actions. He also counsels and defends individual practitioners – including physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and therapists – when they face challenges to their licensure, clinical privileges, and participation in private and public payer networks.
Alicia LaRoche, Risk Manager
Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine
Alicia has been involved in performance improvement and risk management since 2016. Alicia graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, ME, with a Master in Health Administration. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management (CPHRM).
Continuing Education
CME statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Maine Medical Education Trust designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CE statement
This program is pending approval for a total of three contact hours of continuing education credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of fellow (FASHRM) and distinguished fellow (DFASHRM) and towards certified professional in healthcare risk management (CPHRM) renewal.
