Suspending a physician's privileges can be a tricky procedure, although it's a situation that every medical executive committee (MEC) faces at one point or ­another. Suspending physicians for impairment is typically very straightforward, but suspensions that result from...

Although The Joint Commission and other ­regulators require institutions to have credentialing, ­privileging, and peer review processes in place, there are ­legal ­concerns associated with each process. Negligent credentialing and antitrust concerns are a few ­legal issues that...