[PrvPracNP] medical malpractice

[Lehigh Valley Wellness Center]

Audrey,

I think it is also governed by the different states.

If you are practicing in WA, your practice is much less restricted then
those of

us on the east coast.

That is the main problem with the insurance companies that I have dealt with
over here.

They don't understand the scope of practice of an APN.

I have to also send them copies of the state board practice acts.

I have also had to have the Director of Health Policy for the AANP get
involved with some of

my malpractice insurance issues.

Hope you continue to have good luck with NSO.

That is not the case with many of us over here on the east coast.

Thanks

 

 

Louise Diehl-Oplinger, RN,MSN,CCRN,APRN,BC,NP-C

Nurse Practitioner -Owner

Lehigh Valley Wellness Center

600 Coventry Drive

Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Phone:  908-213-8808

Fax:   908-213-8898

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From: prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net] On
Behalf Of Audrey Van Voorhis
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:02 PM
To: prvpracnp at nurse.net
Subject: RE: [PrvPracNP] medical malpractice

 

I have been in private practice for 5 years and have had to troble being
covered by NSO.




Audrey Van Voorhis MN ARNP Women's Health Care Bainbridge Island and Port
Orchard, WA 

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From: "Lehigh Valley Wellness Center" <lvwellnesscenter at verizon.net>
Reply-To: Private Practice NPs <prvpracnp at nurse.net>
To: "'Private Practice NPs'" <prvpracnp at nurse.net>
Subject: RE: [PrvPracNP] medical malpractice
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:57:39 -0400

NSO is not very advanced practice friendly.

They dont want to insure nurse practitioners in private practice.

They also dont want to insure anyone who does aesthetic procedures.

I have had some past experience with them and they are very difficult to
deal with.

I would not recommend them to any nurse.

Marsh Affinity has it own quirks about APNs in private practice.

It seems that there are no malpractice insurance companies that understand
the role of an advance practice nurse.

 

Thanks

 

Louise Diehl-Oplinger, RN,MSN,CCRN,APRN,BC,NP-C

Nurse Practitioner -Owner

Lehigh Valley Wellness Center

600 Coventry Drive

Phillipsburg, NJ 08865

Phone:  908-213-8808

Fax:   908-213-8898

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From: prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net] On
Behalf Of Barbara C. Phillips
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:52 PM
To: 'Private Practice NPs'
Subject: RE: [PrvPracNP] medical malpractice

 

While I realize NSO is the most popular insurance for nurses/nps  if you
are doing anything they think might be iffy they will not insure.
Sometimes that can mean having your own practice without physician
involvement (as I found out with another company) or in the case of NSO
they would not insure me because I have an Acupuncturist in the office (not
an employee, but an independent provider  she is her own legal entity and
has her own insurance. 

 

 

Barbara C. Phillips, NP

www.AberdeenPrimaryCare.com <http://www.aberdeenprimarycare.com/> 

www.OlderWiserWomen.com <http://www.olderwiserwomen.com/> 

 

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From: prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:prvpracnp-bounces at nurse.net] On
Behalf Of GIN11153 at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:02 AM
To: prvpracnp at nurse.net
Subject: Re: [PrvPracNP] medical malpractice

 

Why has NSO been a disappointment ? I have had RN insurance through them for
25 years

 

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