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Washington Court Denies HCQIA Immunity for Inadequate Investigation

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, PQAC, Perinatal Quality Assurance Committee, Smigaj, Smigaj v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, attorneys fees, immunity", reversal of summary judgment

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, PQAC, Perinatal Quality Assurance Committee, Smigaj, Smigaj v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, attorneys fees, immunity", reversal of summary judgment

Physician Avoids HCQIA Presumption of Immunity

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, EMTALA, EMTALA violations, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, Memorial Hermann Hospital System, National Practitioners Data Bank, National Practitioners Data Bank Report, Team Health, Zawislak, peer review action

US DC of Massachusetts Orders Production of Performance Evaluations to Medical Resident

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, Gargiulo v. Baystate Health, Inc., HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, peer review privilege

Lack of Adverse Final Outcome Not Necessarily a Valid Peer Review Defense

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, morbidity rates, mortality, mortality and morbidity rates, objective standard

Physician's Clinical Privileges Suspended for Long History of Disruptive Conduct

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, Sternberg v. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital

Medical Staff and Employment Issues Collide Again

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, due process, employed physicians

Actual Adverse Outcomes Irrelevant to HCQIA Investigation

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, HCQIA Investigation, HCQIA immunity, Health Care Quality Improvement Act

Update: Discovery of Peer Review Records

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, Discrimination, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, discovery of the peer review records, peer review confidentiality statutes

Fundamental Fairness Trumps Technical Violations of Bylaws

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Michael Cassidy

Tags: Credentialing and Peer Review, HCQIA, Health Care Quality Improvement Act, due process, violations of the medical staff bylaws