Just when you thought you had nothing else to worry about—Medical director liability

Abstract

Savvy lawyers are beginning to add health care program medical directors to their list of potential defendants. Air medical program directors also can be expected to join the list of defendants in litigation involving their units. The new interest in medical directors started in an effort to reach HMOs that were otherwise immune or add more defendants to overcome damage caps or inadequate primary defendant insurance. The same situations drive the increased interest in the medical directors for EMS systems and air medical programs.