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The Expert Witness - No Place to Hide
Letter to the editor of Neurology Today, October 15, 2009:
Your Legal-Ease article, The Trials of Providing Expert Witness Testimony: What You Need to Know, provides invaluable advice to the neurologist considering forensic opportunities. It is imperative, as Drs. Richard Beresford and Daniel Larriviere point out, to provide truthful, evidence-based opinions supported by the available facts of the case.

2009 Manfred Guttmacher Award
PRMS would like to congratulate Alan Felthols, MD and Henning Sass, MD, the recipients of the 2009 Mandred Guttmacher Award, honoring outstanding contributions to the literature on forensic psychiatry

PRMS Builds Awareness and Supports Research for Neurological Disorders
PRMS is committed to building awareness of neurological diseases. As part of this commitment, we participate in a variety of events and causes promoting the research and community outreach of organizations dedicated to fighting these diseases. In April 2009, PRMS sponsored a participant in the MS Walk 2009, and we look forward to supporting more such events in the future. As we cheer on participants and support the invaluable work of this and other organizations, we also hope to lend our support to the many people affected by neurological disorders.

PRMS Risk Manager Quoted in Neurology Today
It has become one of the emerging, controversial topics in medical malpractice: off-label prescribing. How does off-label prescribing affect medical malpractice risk? Is insurance premium affected by prescribing medication off-label? A recent issue of Neurology Today tackled this topic and sought the knowledge of PRMS Vice President of Risk Management Jacqueline Melonas, RN, MS, JD.

The Surprise You Don’t Want: Discovering Your Professional Liability Coverage Is Not Enough
PRMS participated in a panel discussion at the 2008 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting titled, “How to Launch a Successful Private Practice.” The three-part series began with a discussion on obtaining proper professional liability insurance. Martin Tracy, JD, ARM, President and CEO of PRMS, began with the most important lesson he wanted to teach all psychiatrists: “All practice policies are not the same. It’s a huge concept to learn.”