Dusty Otwell
Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at US Acute Care Solutions
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Dusty Otwell, JD, is Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at USACS.
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Episode # 19 • 11 Jul 2024
'Nuclear' Verdicts
with Dusty Otwell, Dr. Gita Pensa
The phrase "nuclear verdict" strikes fear into the heart of any defendant - and today we're going to tackle it head on.
We welcome Dusty Otwell, JD, medical malpractice defense attorney and Chief Risk Officer of UCACS, to the podcast to discuss “nuclear," "runaway jury," or aberration verdicts. These are jury awards to the plaintiff, given at trial, that well exceed predictions. They tend to make headlines, create fear among doctors and other providers, and lead other parties to dream of giant jackpots.
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About
Dusty Otwell, JD, is Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at USACS. He also serves as President and Corporate Secretary for the Clinician Assurance Risk Retention Group, the self-insurance carrier for USACS. He is a faculty member of the Center for Emergency Medical Education and teaches the High-Risk Emergency Medicine Course.
Dusty oversees all claims defense, insurance, and enterprise risk management for USACS, the largest Physician-owned provider of integrated acute care medicine. USACS serves over 11 million patients annually at more than 400 programs. Dusty is responsible for industry-leading results in malpractice risk management, consistently achieving claims rates less than one-half of comparable benchmarks.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and his law degree from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. He is licensed in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas, and holds a corporate counsel registration in Ohio.
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