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Malpractice
Insurance
UPMC
Insurance Program
Primary
Coverage and Insureds
Qualifications
Professional
Consultants
The
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
Insurance Program
Physicians in UPMC's Community Physician Affiliation Program have
the opportunity to receive a quote from UPMC's
malpractice insurance carrier, Tri-Century Insurance
Company. Tri-Century is a Pennsylvania-licensed casualty
carrier owned by UPMC. UPMC-affiliated physicians benefit by obtaining
comprehensive coverage at a competitive cost.
Primary
Coverage
The program offers primary malpractice liability coverage written
on an "occurrence-basis" with the basic limits as required by
Pennsylvania law. The program's insureds include all entities
of the University
of Pittsburgh Medical Center including its full-time faculty
(UPP) and other employed physicians, the
University
of Pittsburgh, residents of the University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Altoona Hospital.
Qualifications
To
qualify for a malpractice quote, an affiliated physician must:
- Have a signed
UPMC Physician Affiliation Program agreement.
- Complete
the Tri-Century application and provide all required information
per the application.
- Provide a
5-year malpractice lawsuit loss history from your current/past
carrier(s).
- Comply with
Tri-Century’s professional risk and claims management criteria.
- Obtain coverage
for all Practice Plan (Entity) employees.
- Provide copies
of current declaration page or certificate of insurances evidencing
current malpractice coverage.
Professional
Consultants
The program’s professional risk and insurance personnel are:
- Robert G.Voinchet,
President & Counsel, Captive Insurance Program, 412-647-8482
voinchetrg@upmc.edu
- Christopher
P. Bosser, Director of Corporate & Captive Insurance, 412-432-7693, bossercp@upmc.edu
- Margaret
A. Proctor, Insurance Analyst, 412-432-7695, proctorm2@upmc.edu
- Richard
P. Kidwell,
Associate Counsel & Director, Department of Patient Saftey/Risk
Management, 412-647-7398, kidwellrp@upmc.edu
- Lisa Painter,
Associate Director, Department of Patient Saftey/Risk
Management, 412-647-9277, painterl@upmc.edu
To obtain a
malpractice application or for additional information, please
contact
Christopher Bosser
at 412-432-7693 or Margaret Proctor at 412-432-7695
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