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Illinois Appellate Court dismisses a suit demanding a hospital reveal credentialing information
The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (the "Court") affirmed a trial court's decision to dismiss a suit brought by a physician against a hospital to force the hospital to produce information related to its credentialing process after the hospital withdrew an offer of employment to the physician. The Court ruled that the confidentiality exceptions in the Illinois Medical Studies Act (MSA) and the Health Care Professionals Credentials Data Collection Act (Credentials Act) did not require the hospital to disclose its credentialing information, noting that the physician had no private right of action under either law.
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