Gunster shareholder Bruce D. Lamb provides a primer on the hospital peer review process for the Tampa Bay Business Journal. As excerpted from the February 24 article:
Hospital bylaws under which reviews are conducted can vary and decisions rendered by committees can have far-reaching consequences so a basic understanding of the review process will benefit companies doing business with physicians and facilities.
Generally there are two basic models utilized … the ‘de novo review’ … and the ‘appeal model’ ….
Before we take a closer look at these two models, it’s important to note that regardless of which one a facility follows, it is well settled law in Florida that no liability be posed if a facility and its peer review panels act without intentional fraud and in a manner consistent with its written peer review process.
Read the complete article, Peer review systems in hospitals can take different forms.
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