SALT LAKE CITY, UT — (Marketwire) — 01/24/12 — The MGIS Companies Inc. () today announced the availability of MGIS , a comprehensive program for physicians that will help them strategically manage and reduce risk. MGIS has partnered with OmniSure Consulting Group to create and manage the program.
“MGIS has worked to assist physicians in practice for more than 40 years,” said Jeff Brunken, president and managing partner of The MGIS Companies. “The MGIS Physician Risk Management Program is a natural extension of that commitment, and we-re pleased to offer what we believe to be a uniquely comprehensive and highly valuable risk management program to our physician customers.”
The MGIS program offers several options to physicians for assessing risk to their practices, from comprehensive on-site assessments to desktop assessments via telephone or even online self assessments. Other features include:
. Providers can use this helpline to get answers to their most pressing risk-related questions in a confidential setting. Helpline specialists can answer risk management questions, refer callers to applicable resources, and offer suggestions for improving compliance.
. These include recommended Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses (many at no cost) and an online self-assessment tool with an optional consultant review. The Resource Center includes tools available nowhere else, along with links to helpful industry resources.
. The MGIS Advisor features information from industry experts on topics such as risk management, taxes, insurance and RAC audits.
. These webinars showcase expert guidance on various subjects related to physician risk management. They are archived in an online library for convenient viewing.
Michelle Foster Earle, president of OmniSure Consulting Group, said, “The combined expertise of OmniSure and MGIS provides formidable benefits to physicians and the brokers who serve them. Whether it-s helping with an evolving risk at a specific medical practice or offering educational information and training to physicians, the MGIS Physician Risk Management program will benefit participants in a variety of ways.”
More information about MGIS Physician Risk Management can be found at .
Medical Group Insurance Services (MGIS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of The MGIS Companies, whose operating companies provide specialized Group Disability Insurance, Medical-Professional Liability Insurance, and practice improvement ancillary products and services exclusively for physicians. MGIS also offers FSA/HRA/HSA administration services. With a rich tradition of service excellence, MGIS has worked hand in hand with local brokers and benefit advisors since 1969 and has served more than 8,000 physician groups, 800,000 group members, and 135,000 physicians nationwide.
Joe Sadowy
MGIS
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