do anesthesiologists pay medical malpractice insurance?

Question

If i become an antesthesiologts (in newyork if that makes a difference) and I work in a Public hospital, do I pay for medical malpractice insurance or is that covered by the hospital. Thank you for your answers.

Answer 1

If you're an employee of the hospital, they usually pick up the cost. If you are NOT a hospital employee, but work with a practice that has hospital priveleges, the practice usually picks up the costs. If you are a subcontractor who has hospital priveleges, YOU pick up the costs.

Answer 2

They MUST carry malpractice insurance... As far as who pays - that's handled individually. If you're employed by the hospital itself or if you're part of an outside practice that has priviledges at the hospital - that makes a difference, as does the individual hospital.

Good luck!

Answer 3

You always have the option of having your own medmal insurance coverage, even if your practice or employer covers you as well.

Answer 4

You pay your own, and it is pretty high for anesthesiologists from what I hear. However, since you're making six-figures several times over a year, you could probably afford it.

Answer 5

Actually you pay it. My mom's a nurse and she has to pay for her own malpractice insurance.

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

You pay your own.