MMIC Names Chief Medical Officer

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MMIC has named Laurie Drill-Mellum, MD, MPH as its first Chief Medical Officer.

In this newly created role, Dr. Drill-Mellum will work closely with MMIC’s Risk Management, Health IT, and Claim departments to develop integrated risk reduction and risk mitigation strategies. She will build a network of physician consultants that will work closely with MMIC clients to deliver risk strategies for physicians and hospitals throughout MMIC’s eight-state region. This physician-to-carrier partnership, which will lead to an integrated risk management strategy for MMIC clients across its entire region, is unique in the medical professional liability industry.

Dr. Drill-Mellum is a Board-certified emergency medicine physician. She is a current Bush Medical Fellow and recently completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. She will continue her work in emergency medicine part time, and is planning to open a clinic with an integrative medical focus.

According to Bill McDonough, MMIC’s president and CEO, Dr. Drill-Mellum will provide leadership and management from an experienced medical perspective, as well as analysis to help reduce patient injury, the likelihood of lawsuits, and the cost of managing claims. According to McDonough, “This role will serve as a vital link to help MMIC reduce liability costs and differentiate our quality of professional medical liability service. It will also serve as a bridge of support to customers in a time of need, helping them to manage internal and external change.”

Dr. Drill-Mellum holds an undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Pomona College in California. She attended the University of Minnesota Medical School, where she also obtained a Master’s in Public Health. She is a graduate of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Dr. Drill-Mellum has practiced emergency medicine at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minnesota since 1991. During her tenure, she has held roles as both Chief of the Medical Staff as well as Medical Director of the Emergency Department. She is also a Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Instructor.

Dr. Drill-Mellum is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. She is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Minnesota Medical Association, the Twin Cities Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the American and Minnesota Holistic Physician Associations. She has been on the Board of Directors for MMIC since 2008.

About MMIC Group, Inc.

MMIC Group, Inc. provides professional liability insurance and health information technology services to physicians, clinics, hospitals and other health care facilities and systems, primarily in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Founded in 1980, MMIC currently insures more than 14,700 health care providers and 430 hospitals and health care facilities. In July A.M. Best Company ranked it as the 20th largest medical professional liability insurer in the United States.

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