Peer Review Proceedings

Hospital-based peer reviews often seem deceptively informal. But they can quickly snowball with devastating consequences to a physician's reputation and practice, and can lead to the imposition of disciplinary action by both the hospital and the Board of Registration in Medicine.

Dwyer & Collora, LLP's health care attorneys have extensive experience in dealing with hospital counsel and medical staffs to help minimize the collateral effects of such an investigation. Using the strength of their expertise and reputation, they can ensure that physicians are afforded the full panoply of rights guaranteed by the facility’s by-laws.

Representative cases include:

• Counseling many physicians faced with a preliminary peer review investigation. Our attorneys have often been able to persuade the medical staff to resolve the matter so that there is no report to the Board of Registration in Medicine or the National Practitioner's Data Bank.
• When an acceptable formal resolution has been unattainable, attorneys at Dwyer & Collora, LLP have represented physicians in the fair hearing process. In one such case, our attorneys represented an obstetrician who had been summarily suspended from the medical staff. Fair hearing resulted in the resumption of his staff membership with no restriction on his privileges.
• Working with attorneys from the firm’s employment practice group, Dwyer & Collora, LLP's health care practice group has successfully negotiated physicians' withdrawal from partnerships and practice groups, enabling physicians to recoup their investment in the venture and also ensure continuity of care to their patients.
   

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