Audio CD Series #2:
"A
Pound of Cure..."
Audio CD #6:
It's Never Too Late for an Amicable Resolution — Alternatives
that Can Protect Patients and Save a Career
Recorded November 30, 2004
Faculty: Linda
Haddad & Barbara
Blackmond
Topics
covered include:
Why Consider Alternatives?
- Save
money, time and trauma
- Avoid disruption and free leaders to do more important
things
- Hearings and litigation are “lose-lose” – avoid
them if there is a better way!
- Save a career if possible
Strategies
- Set a hearing date (if the discussions are initiated
before the hearing)
- Sell an alternative resolution to the MEC
- Outline what it would take to
save the physician’s
career
Elements of a Good Agreement
- Educational or medical leave of
absence (Be careful – close
the loop! – require a report)
- Conditions of return, future practice
- Mutual release
- Language for responding to credentialing inquiries
- Data Bank and state reports
- Waiver of future hearing rights
- Money – always a sore point!
(Usually it is for legal fees)
Mediation
- Quality issues are hard to mediate
- Get someone with mediation experience
- Mediation is mandatory in Texas; is this ever an alternative
elsewhere? (Pros and cons)
Preparing for a TRO
The Tactics of Delay and Disruption
External and Internal Communications
and Confidentiality
-
What do you say to affected employees? Partners or associates
of the problem doctor? Referring physicians? Other places where
the physician practices?
- Mandatory reports (NPDB and state) – communicate
about them first
- Responding to credentialing queries
How Much Should the Board Know? When Should the Board Know
It?
What Can You Do if the Physician Goes Public?
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