CRICO’s Adam Schaffer, MD, MPH, Senior Clinical Analytics Specialist, discusses the ways that medical professional liability (MPL) carriers and providers can leverage clinical volume data as a factor in predicting risk and setting MPL premiums.


Citation for the Full-text Article

Schaffer AC. Clinical volume: An underappreciated factor in MPL risk. Inside Medical Liability. 2022; fourth quarter: 30-32.

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