Jury Selection In Trials Concerning Sham Peer Review
There is an adage that says many cases are won or lost in the process of voir dire or jury selection. Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., who has been an expert witness in many trials concerning sham peer...
View ArticlePhysicians Warned about ‘Voluntary’ Abeyance of Hospital Privileges
Hospitals that want to remove a physician from their staff may offer a “voluntary abeyance” as an alternative to summary suspension. In the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and...
View ArticleTexas Supreme Court Rules against National Practitioner Data Bank Tyranny
In an 8-to-1 decision, the Texas Supreme Court agreed with the amicus brief filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), by ruling against the tyranny of unwarranted,...
View ArticleIncident Reporting Software a Possible Tool for Sham Peer Review
Hospitals and many other entities are required to track adverse events, and most now use incident reporting software for this purpose, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the fall issue of the...
View ArticlePhysicians Can Fight Back against Sham Peer Review
Physicians who suffer irreparable harm to professional reputation and career as a result of unfair, bad-faith peer review have little recourse, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the winter...
View ArticleDoctors Destroyed by Abuse of Clinical Practice Guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are intended to improve patient care, but hospitals that conduct sham peer reviews have become adept at misusing CPGs to prosecute adverse actions against...
View ArticleHospital Mergers Trigger Antitrust Concerns in Sham Peer Reviews of Physicians
In recent decades, hospitals have increasingly merged and acquired physician practices. “In the quest to create larger and more robust monopolies, some hospitals are using sham peer review to remove...
View ArticlePhysicians Need to Be Aware of ‘Star Chamber’ Proceedings in Hospitals,...
The use of sham peer review by hospitals to remove physicians who do not go along with administration goals is not new, but there is a growing trend to use procedures that deprive physicians of any...
View ArticleSham Peer Review: Resources for Physicians
The AAPS Sham Peer Review Hotline is available to AAPS members. Call (800) 635-1196 or write aaps@aapsonline.org for a referral. Sham Peer Review: A National Epidemic Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D.,...
View ArticleConstructive Fraud Suits May Be Filed by Victims of Sham Peer Review ,...
Physicians targeted by bad-faith peer review often rely on assurances that the review is done solely for the purpose of improving patient care, and that they will be exonerated if they present the...
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