CME Events

Please check our CME schedule for an up-to-date listing of all our live webinars, on-demand webcasts and in-person live event continuing medical education activities.

Claims Rx Risk Management Publication

Each month, NORCAL publishes Claims Rx, featuring claims-based learning and risk management advice to improve patient safety and decrease your risk of a claim. Typically each Claims Rx provides an opportunity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. After reading an issue, complete the post-activity quiz and evaluation to receive your CME certificate.

Visit our online Claims Rx Directory to search an extensive archive of Claims Rx publications across various topics.

2021 Claims Rx Topics *

• Don’t Let Bias Affect Your Diagnosis
• Maternal Obesity
• Telemedicine: Current RM Perspectives
• Update History, Exam & Work-up
• Medical Record Documentation Risks and Strategies
• Patient Decision-Making Capacity & Management of Family Dynamics
• Ostensible Agency/Vicarious Liability
• Production Pressure
• Medical Record Management and Access: Risk Management and Ethical Considerations
• Failure to Diagnose and Treat Epidural Abscess
• Bullying

*The list above is topics only, not titles. The need for these topics is supported by risk management field experience and claims data. Topics are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the VP of Risk Management.

2020 Claims Rx Titles

• January: Reducing Risks Associated with Treating Atrial Fibrillation During Inpatient/Outpatient Transitions
• February/March: Abandonment of Surgical Patients
• April: When Radiologists Fail to Communicate Findings & Recommendations
• April 15: Termination of the Physician-Patient Relationship: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
• May: SPECIAL EDITION — Policyholder Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19-Related Risk Management & Patient Safety
• June: Adolescents, Their Parents, Consent, & Privacy
• July: Refusal of Treatment— Liability, Patient Safety & Ethical Considerations
• August: Curbside Consultation Strategies for Risk Reduction
• September: The Current State of Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain
• October: Current Issues in Anesthesiology Claims
• November/December: The Risks of Cosmetic Procedures Performed in Physicians’ Offices
  
  

MyACCOUNT Online Access

NORCAL policyholders can securely and easily access their account information and hundreds of CME and risk management learning opportunities online any time with MyACCOUNT.

• MyCME Access
  Claims Rx — our award-winning monthly digital publication — and a robust library of risk management activities on timely and relevant topics that can help you reduce risk in your practice. Additional online courses, webinars and previously completed activities or transcripts are also available within MyCME.
• Risk Management Resources
  Recommendations and sample documents to help you practice safely and reduce risk
• Data Security Resource Center
  Data security resources, tools and training material to help you understand and mitigate data breach risk