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Can Procedural Defects “Doom” a Medical Staff Hearing?

April 7, 2025

The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) establishes certain “core” due process requirements which a hospital must follow in an internal disciplinary process involving a physician. That discipline can include termination of membership in the medical staff and revocation of clinical privileges. Learn more about these procedural HCQIA requirements and and their importance when it comes to a medical staff hearing.

Private Equity Healthcare Under FTC Scrutiny

July 29, 2024

Selling your healthcare practice or facility to private equity? Not so fast! Over the past

Private Practice: Is Help on the Way?

June 5, 2024

Outside factors that have impacted the viability of private practices have been well documented over

The Uncertain Future of Physician Non-Competes

April 26, 2021

It is now well beyond standard practice for independent professional practices and healthcare systems to require their employed physicians to execute non-competition provisions as part of their employment relationship.

Can a Medical Staff or Medical Executive Committee be Sued?

May 23, 2018

We addressed a similar question in an earlier article. At that time, we discussed the issue of whether a Medical Staff can have standing to sue its own hospital. We cautioned in that article to “be careful what you ask for.”

Punitive Damages – Disturbing News For Medical Device Companies

February 24, 2016

The award of punitive damages is a troubling and unpredictable part of the American judicial process. The term “punitive damages” refers to the award of monetary compensation to an injured party that goes beyond what is necessary to compensate the injured party for their actual loss (in other words, these are non-compensatory damages that are included to “punish” a party for their wrongful conduct and/or as a deterrent for future conduct).

Joseph A. Bubba

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Can Procedural Defects “Doom” a Medical Staff Hearing?

Private Equity Healthcare Under FTC Scrutiny

Private Practice: Is Help on the Way?

The Uncertain Future of Physician Non-Competes

Can a Medical Staff or Medical Executive Committee be Sued?

Punitive Damages – Disturbing News For Medical Device Companies

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