CRNA's & malpractice insurance

Is it common for your employer to pay for it?

Is the insurance expensive...(affordable?)

There was an interesting article in Anesthesiology News magazine last month that discussed insurance. It said to be wary of hospital paid or provided insurance. They usually go with what's cheaper for them and when the chips fall, the lawyers are there to represent the hospital's best interests, not yours. They suggest that if you are named in a lawsuit, you need to weigh the impact of a negative judgement on your career and if hiring your own lawyer may be in your best interest.

That makes sense. You hear the same things about insurance for RNs. It's a controversial topic, but as an RN I carry my own insurance because I know that even if I'm coverd by the hospital, they would happily hang me out to dry if it saved their own tails. Seems like the ideal thing for CRNA insurance is that the employer pays, but you select the policy and it is an individual policy.