The Northern District of Illinois Western Division Court (the “Court”) denied a medical school's motion to dismiss a claim against it for sexual harassment from a former resident who was terminated from her program. However, the Court did grant the school's motion to dismiss the former resident'...
New York Physician George Blatti, MD, is facing second-degree murder charges after his prescribing practices allegedly led to the deaths of five patients. According to Nassau County District Attorney, Madeline Singas, Blatti is charged with five counts of second-degree murder and 11 counts of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington at Seattle (the “Court”) granted in part and denied in part a defendant’s motion for summary judgment, finding that immunity under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) cannot be applied when the information is...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
The surgery department chair walked into the medical staff services department and asked Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, to add the issue of aging physicians to the agenda of the department’s next meeting. Cairns was surprised. And naturally curious. This general surgeon was a highly respected member...
The gender pay gap is not news. In 2016, a Forbes article pointed out that the healthcare and social assistance industry had the fourth highest gender pay gap behind the finance and insurance; public administration; and professional, scientific, and technical services industries, even though...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 1
The Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division Court (the “Court”) granted defendants’ motion to dismiss, finding that a plaintiff must adequately identify both the commercial market and the defendant’s detrimental effect on the market in order to succeed in an antitrust claim....
