CEO Grow Midwives, LLC; March for Moms, Founding President/Board Member; Past President ACNM; Editor Top Selling Book, 2nd Ed., Nobody Told Me About That: Surviving and Thriving Through the Early Weeks of Parenting
Controversial article on APP/APCs last week prompts time to respond. A July ‘24 article in Bloomberg titled, The Miseducation of America’s Nurse Practitioners [the first part of a series] implies, “The proliferation of nurse practitioners programs in the U.S. is spurring concerns about the quality of training for these advanced practice providers and potential consequences for patient safety.” https://lnkd.in/gsjd_fY8 I’m asking you to take a moment to reflect. Why would TDC Group (theTDCgroup.com) the nation's largest physician-owned provider of insurance, risk management, and healthcare practice improvement solutions choose to support independent practice of APCs? Secondly, did the Bloomberg authors read a recent study conducted by Candello (a division of CRICO) on the safety of APC care? Research, “…evaluated their national database of medical professional liability claims, to addres growing concerns over advanced practice providers (APPs) and malpractice risk compared to physicians. Fortunately, the analysis may put many worries to rest.” https://lnkd.in/gP4xRT6x Wouldn’t provision of liability coverage by TDC for APPs, combined with extensive claims made data analysis provide foundational evidence about role and scope? If you are looking for perfect, don’t look to exclusive physician-based care. Medical errors evolve within systems care is delivered in. Can we please stop the divisive rhetoric that precludes our country from providing essential care to all? When will the AMA stop their “scope creep” campaign? Can we please look forward, developing models of care that provide right provider, right place and, right time? If you are an APP pursuing independent practice, I highly endorse and recommend The Doctor’s Company as a leading option for excellent coverage. https://lnkd.in/gsjrB9m2 #GrowMidwives
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4moGinger Breedlove, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, Thank you for commenting on the Bloomberg article. TDC Group insures NPs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs whether employed by medical practices we insure, working as independent contractors, or in autonomous practices they own or serve. The Doctors Company contributed loss and exposure data to the CRICO study and we support the results.