Peer Review Action

Structural Denial of Due Process in HCQIA Peer Review Proceedings

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(October 12, 2015): The Federal HCQIA peer review statute affords peer-reviewing bodies and their members legal immunity from liability from suits by the physicians they discipline, so long as their peer-review processes include certain due process rights for the accused physician. These due process rights are expressed as a right to a hearing, and are […]

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Texas Physicians and the Texas Medical Board Under HB 680

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(June 21, 2011): Last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed legislation aimed at bringing modest reform to the rules governing investigations of physicians by the Texas Medical Board. The Texas Medical Board is the state’s regulatory body that licenses and disciplines physicians and other health care professionals. House Bill 680 — HB 680, which takes

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