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Volume 18 • Issue 6 • $5.00 December 2021

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Malpractice Insurance Real Estate

EXPERT ADVICE

The Return of the Carpetbaggers

BY VANESSA ORR
One of the latest trends in the Florida malpractice
insurance market is companies from out of state moving
in to write policies for local physicians. What they don’t
understand, according to Matt Gracey, managing direc-
Aristides Pallin
tor, Risk Strategies, Danna-Gracey, is that it’s not as easy
as it looks.
Catholic Health “There’s a whole movement of new insurers to Florida; Gary Wilkinson
some of which have been established in their own areas
Services for quite some time,” he said. “They think if they can do KLEAN:
it in Chicago or New York, they can do it in Miami. But
Appoints they are facing a very challenging road, to say the least. Matt Gracey Immediate
“They believe that coming to southern states with high
insurance rates will help them quickly capture premium dollars to improve their bot- Extensive
Aristides Pallin tom lines,” he continued. “They forget about the complications of dealing with
claims in the Deep South, just as Civil War carpetbaggers forgot about the issues fac-
as President ing them way back when.” Contaminant
According to Gracey, as the market for malpractice insurance hardens significantly
around the country, companies are looking for new ways to increase profitability, Protection
& CEO including finding new markets to target.
“Prices are going up because claims are starting to become much worse in a lot of BY BARBARA R. FALLON
states; the claim severity—or measure of what judgments and settlements are—is
BY DANIEL CASCIATO
Continued on page 25 Take decades of finance, business strate-
In October, Aristides (Ardy) Pallin was gy and experiential insight, add an entre-
named the new President and Chief preneurial spirit with an eye on clean envi-
Executive Officer of Catholic Health Education ronmental practices then mix with an
Services (CHS). A ministry of the inquisitive, personal look at health care
Archdiocese of Miami, Catholic Health delivery and you have a recipe for a cost
Services is the largest post-acute health UM Accepting Fall Registration for effective, innovative long-term protection
care and social services continuum in the against the spread of bacteria, fungus and
southeast United States. Pallin succeeds Three New Doctoral Nursing Tracks mold.
Joe Catania who announced his retire- The KLEAN Company, co-founded by
ment earlier this year. CEO Gary Wilkinson three years before
Pallin previously served as Chief BY ROBIN SHEAR the pandemic hit, delivers a unique protec-
Operating Officer for the organization tive defense against the spread of bacteria,
since 2017 and on the board of directors Higher education is a critical fungus and spores on surfaces for 90 days,
prior to his post as COO for 10 years. He component in addressing the tested in a live hospital which has since
spent his life in South Florida and national medical workforce been a customer for three years. The solu-
received both his undergraduate degrees shortage. Here in South Flor ida, tion is a chemical-free, non-toxic, water-
from the University of Miami. Pallin’s the University of Miami School based molecule which creates an active
professional career has spanned over 30 of Nursing and Health Studies barrier that kills bacteria, fungus and mold
years in almost every segment and role (SONHS) is doing its part by on contact for an extended period of time.
within the industry. This includes acute increasing its capacity to gradu- KLEAN entered the health care market
care, pediatrics, safety net hospitals, med- ate high-quality adv anced prac- with a focus on the health and financial
ical groups, and now post-acute care. The tice nurses. Dr. Mary Hooshmand Dr. Kenya Snowden risks of hospital acquired infections (HAI)
roles have included CEO, COO, CIO, and SONHS recently added three and the dangers of mold, mildew and other
many others. BSN-to-DNP tracks to its existing slate of graduate programs. These new BSN-to-DNP surface and airborne contaminants in a
What attracted him to the position of specializations include Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care hospital environment. KLEAN is now
CEO started with what attracted him to Nurse Practitioner, and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. Each expanding its healthcare practice into the
faith based and Catholic healthcare. specialization can be completed in two years on a full-time track, or in four years on South Florida market. In addition to hospi-
“My first experience was at Mercy a part-time schedule. tals, KLEAN has treated nursing homes,
Hospital where I spent 18 years,” he “Today, DNP-level preparation is increasingly considered the standard for advanced educational and business facilities, avia-
explains. “The focus on mission was visi- nursing practice certification and licensure,” explains Dr. Mary Hooshmand, tion, commercial and residential proper-
ble and palatable in every aspect of the Associate Dean for Graduate Clinical Programs at SONHS. “We were already a leader ties. Currently KLEAN is considering help-
organization. That is what brought me to in preparing nurses at the doctoral level with our executive-style MSN-to-DNP pro- ing the cannabis market minimize the risk
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