Medical Staff Challenges: Overcoming Conflicts Between Hospitals and Medical Staffs

A number of complex challenges confront counsel to hospitals and medical staffs, including competently addressing peer review issues, having an accurate set of medical staff governing documents, recognizing the distinction between independent and hospital-employed physicians, and assuring a solid understanding of the interaction between the hospitals' boards, administration and medical staff leaders.

Addressing and assuring a sound understanding of these challenging issues improves communication; assists in compliance with state and federal law, accreditation standards, and recognized best practices; and ultimately helps achieve the goal of providing quality care to patients.

Healthcare counsel must guide clients in confronting and overcoming the legal challenges and conflicts that arise between hospitals and medical staffs.

Listen as our authoritative panel addresses each of these issues and provides best practices for counsel advising hospitals and medical staffs on medical staff best practices.

1. Interrelationship of the board, administration and medical staff leaders
2. Medical staff governing documents
3. Peer review
4. What to expect in the near future

The panel will review these and other relevant questions:

• What are the most critical challenges healthcare counsel face when advising medical staffs?
• How are the interrelationship of the key players, medical staff governing documents, and peer review impacted by the employment of physicians?
• What should counsel consider when advising on governing documents?
• What lessons can be gleaned from recent litigation to help guide physicians, administrators and boards in establishing best practices?