The Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association
Endorses The Program

Dear GPPA Member:
No one knows your professional liability insurance needs better than The Psychiatrists' Program. Designed for psychiatrists by psychiatrists, it offers the most tailored professional liability coverage available in the country. This is why the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association stands behind The Psychiatrists' Program as the preferred insurer for its members (read the press release).

How can The Program work for you? Read on:

Features Include:

· Both occurrence and claims-made policies
· Risk Management Consultation Service Helpline

Also:

· Administrative and Governmental Billing Defense Costs Endorsement
· Policies issued require the insured's consent to settle - no "hammer clause" (see policy for details)
· Coverage for forensic psychiatric activities included

Discounts Include

· Part-time practitioner (50% maximum)
· Members-in-training (50% maximum)
· Early career psychiatrists (60% maximum)
· Child and adolescent psychiatrist (15%)
· Risk management education (5%)
· Psychoanalysis as majority of practice (5%)

GPPA Endorses the Psychiatrists’ Program
Preferred Medical Malpractice Insurance Program For Members
Reprinted from GPPA Update

Atlanta, GA (August 7, 2001) -- During the August 2001 Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association (GPPA) Summer Meeting in Destin, Fl., the GPPA board voted to collaborate with The Psychiatrists’ Program, the APA-Endorsed Professional Liability Insurance Program (The Program).

Dr. Stephen Preas, GPPA president, stated, "In recognition of the predicted hardening medical malpractice market in Georgia, the GPPA leadership felt that endorsing and partnering with The Program, a stable and financially secure program providing APA members coverage since 1984, would be advantageous for the membership. The staff of the Psychiatrists’ Program has unparalleled psychiatric malpractice expertise to help GPPA members best protect their practices from potential liability. The Program’s policy is tailored to the practice of psychiatry and includes coverage not usually found in an all specialty policy. Additionally, premiums are favorably priced in Georgia with a variety of available discounts."

The Program will provide an unrestricted educational grant to support the goals and activities of GPPA. Additionally, The Program will share its psychiatric medical malpractice expertise by providing faculty for a risk management seminar, articles on current liability issues and trends, and risk management tip sheets.

Some of the many benefits of The Program include:

· Carriers rated A+ by A.M. Best
· Endorsement by the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association and the American Psychiatric Association
· Sponsorship by the Psychiatrists’ Purchasing Group, Inc., a board of five APA member psychiatrists
· Risk management services and materials specific to psychiatry, including the toll-free Risk Management Consultation Service Helpline
· Discounts for members-in-training, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and risk management education
· Administrative defense benefits included
· Coverage for forensic psychiatric services

For more information on the GPPA endorsement of The Program, please contact the GPPA at 1-404-298-7100 or via e-mail to info@gapsychiatry.org. For more information on applying for coverage through The Program, please contact Mr. Rich Stagnato, PRMS Member Services Representatives at 1-800-245-3333, ext. 389 or via e-mail.