Lee v. Trinity Lutheran Hosp.

HCQIA

Lee v. Trinity Lutheran Hosp.,
No. 00-0716-CV-W-HFS (W.D. Mo. Jan. 29, 2004)

The United States District Court for the Western District
of Missouri granted summary judgment in favor of a hospital that revoked the
privileges of one of its AIDS specialists, holding that the hospital was immune
under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act. The court noted that the testimony
of the physician’s expert witnesses, who opined that the physician acted competently,
was irrelevant since the hospital had collected voluminous information supporting
its quality of care concerns before taking action on the physician’s privileges.