Thursday, May 19, 2011

Article: How Courts Protect Unjustified Hospital Peer Review Actions

I have recently read a very inetersting article that I wanted to share with you, and you can reach at: http://www.jpands.org/vol16no1/kadar.pdf
Published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons - Volume 16 Number 1. Spring 2011.

How Courts Are Protecting Unjustified Peer Review Actions Against Physicians by Hospitals
The author: Nicholas Kadar, M.D., J.D.

"Nevertheless, courts have consistently misinterpreted the legal effect of HCQIA’s presumption of immunity as increasing the physician’s burden of proof, and as creating an almost insurmountable obstacle to prove that the hospital’s actions did not meet the standards of § 11112(a). For example, a panel of the Third Circuit, which included future Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, declared: “The HCQIA places a high burden on physicians to demonstrate that a professional review action should not be afforded immunity.” This is simply not true. A physician’s burden to rebut the presumption of immunity is the lowest known to the civil law -

For the full article, go to: http://www.jpands.org/vol16no1/kadar.pdf

Nicholas Kadar, M.D., J.D., LL.M. is a gynecologic oncologist and member of the New Jersey Bar.

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