title: Understanding managed care organizations' liability exposure.
abstract: Managed care organizations can minimize their liability exposures by staying informed about industry changes and by implementing a comprehensive risk management program. Typically, managed care organizations face three general exposure areas: directors and officers liability (e.g., exposures associated with nonclinical aspects of an organization); errors and omissions (e.g., exposures involving the day-to-day operations of managing the health care received by an organization's members); and financial loss, or provider excess (e.g., exposures that occur when certain catastrophic events expose the organization to financial peril).
authors.affiliation: Executive Risk, Simsbury, CT, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huntington
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005376:Financial Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence