Utilizing Assessments to Help Prevent Behavioral Health Violence Claims

Placing You First Insurance Podcast by CRC Group

Behavioral healthcare providers can help mitigate growing violence rates by adequately assessing the risk of violence a patient presents toward others. The right behavioral healthcare assessments can help protect people from harm and prevent professional liability claims.

In this episode, we’re joined by Sue Cohen, the Executive Vice President of Negley Associates, a CRC Group company focusing on behavioral healthcare, addiction, and social services as well as Ron Zimmet, a Florida trial lawyer, and General Counsel for the Mental Health Risk Retention Group who has practiced risk management for many years. Ron discusses the importance of using the right behavioral healthcare assessments to help prevent violence against others.

Episode Links:

• Negley Associates
• Mental Health Risk Retention Group

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1. Utilizing Assessments to Help Prevent Behavioral Health Violence Claims (00:00:00)

2. Is violence a problem for the behavioral healthcare insurance industry? (00:01:34)

3. Top Five Types of Claims (00:03:18)

4. Can you put violence in context for how claims arise against behavioral healthcare providers? (00:03:54)

5. How can agents help their clients? (00:11:34)