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The term “peer review privilege” generally refers to a discovery and evidentiary privilege that can be asserted by hospitals and other healthcare entities to protect the confidentiality of credentialing, quality improvement,...more
On May 2, 2025, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in AdHealth Limited v. PorterCare Adventist Health Systems affirming the lower court’s summary judgment ruling that a hospital’s excess liability insurance...more
News Briefs - Congress Extends Telehealth Flexibilities for Another Six Months - Pandemic-related telehealth flexibilities set to expire March 31 have recently been extended for another six months as federal lawmakers approve...more
Seven million women of childbearing age currently reside in counties where there is no hospital-based obstetrics care, birthing center, OB-GYN, or certified nurse-midwife, The New York Times reported last month. Since 2015,...more
On May 9, 2024, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 24-4, “An Act Concerning Emergency Department Crowding,” (The Act). The Act requires all Connecticut hospitals with an emergency department to, no...more
On June 13, 2023, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a major new patient safety bill into law that is intended both to reform the disciplinary authority of the Texas Medical Board (TMB) and to better protect patients from...more
The federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system for licensed health care facilities and professionals designed to "enhance the data available to assess and...more
Florida is continuing its efforts to improve patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). The Florida Legislature previously approved a requirement that hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs)...more
Wealthy investors want to enrich themselves yet more, partly by pushing doctors to oust patients from their practices unless they sign away invaluable constitutional rights. These rights can protect them if they are harmed...more
Katten has prepared the following advisory on the new appellate court decision in Pennsylvania interpreting the scope of privilege protections under the Patient Safety Act and Pennsylvania’s Peer Review Protection Act (PRPA)....more
The application of EMTALA to psychiatric hospitals has long presented compliance concerns for psychiatric hospital providers. To provide clarity, the CMS recently released two memos that offer incremental additional guidance....more
The American Hospital Association, after having been “nice” all year, penned its letter to Santa Claus with its wish list for Christmas. Its four page letter (actually addressed to President-Elect Donald Trump at 1717...more
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in the highly watched case of Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc. v. Charles et al. The First District Court ruled that the federal Patient Safety and Quality...more
The scope of a little-known but nonetheless significant federal healthcare law, the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act ("Patient Safety Act), may soon be considered by the United States Supreme Court. In a petition...more
The Emergency Care Research Institute, (ECRI) Patient Safety Organization (PSO) has issued its 2015 “top 10 list” of safety concerns for multiple healthcare settings, such as hospitals, ambulatory care centers, doctor’s...more
Three recent cases offer guidance to health care entities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey regarding the discovery of documents created in connection with peer reviews, quality of care reviews and adverse event investigations...more