Advanced Practice Providers: Risk Strategies for Supervision

The presentation will examine the claims data of Advanced Practice Providers in order to understand the contributing factors of medical malpractice claims. There is pressure on both the frequency and severity of claims because of the expanding scope of practice of APPs, the volume of patients they are seeing and the increasing complexity of patients. By evaluating, the common allegations asserted in medical malpractice cases that include Advanced Practice Providers we can develop best practices to mitigate the risks of supervising these professionals.