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Re: Hospital Liability RequirementFrom: DoctorJoe@aol.comFri Mar 26 05:30:09 2004
In a message dated 3/25/04 7:34:38 PM, zygote@icsi.net writes: << The reason is that the hospitals would have no MD to take care of patients! Seb Faro's brother is a CV surgeon in panhandle. Their premium was 250K each. They have placed those sums in escrow and told hospital. Hospital said have to be dismissed until they checked with many other MD who told them they just had not notified the hospital that they were bare! >> It would be a whole different world if hospitals didn't REQUIRE malpractice insurance. One scenario to be careful of, especially if you have "political" enemies within your medical "community." 1) You go "bare" out of necessity. 2) You don't tell the hospital, for obvious reasons. 3) The hospital finds out and you lose your privileges, since the by-laws probably state you have to have malpractice coverage. 4) At your next renewal, you notify the State Board of Medicine that you lost your hospital privileges (or alternatively, and VERY stupidly, you DON'T tell them you lost them and they find out through the back door). 5) The State Board of Medicine sanctions you for loss of credentialling (for something other than medical records) or worse, for fraudulently filling out their paperwork (if you DIDN'T tell them about it). 6) You get reported to the Data Bank for a medical board sanction. Obviously, at any step of the way here we could "handle this" like ladies and gentlemen. However, in this world of competitive medicine, this cascade could proceed to its ultimate conclusion (i.e. data bank entry and problems with future credentialling) for a doctor who has "enemies" who whisper to the hospital committee, the board, or anyone who'll listen. Just another headache in the daily intercourse of medicine. Joe P.
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