Every medical staff has dealt with a version of this situation: A physician yells at a nurse during surgery or throws something in frustration. Suddenly the medical staff is faced with a problem: How do we deal with this potentially disruptive physician?
One of the most important initial tasks of the physician credentialing process is gathering background information. This often involves reaching out to various medical boards to verify physician information.
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida granted summary judgment in favor of a hospital related to claims of race discrimination brought by a Palestinian physician. The Court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the physician's...
The Colorado Court of Appeals, Division A rejected a hospital's claim that a new statute, which abrogated the hospital's immunity from damages with respect to credentialing decisions, was unconstitutional. The Court held that the statute was meant to apply retroactively and such...
