Lee v. Trinity Lutheran Hosp.

HCQIA
IMMUNITY

Lee v. Trinity Lutheran Hosp., No. 04-1553 (8th Cir. May 24, 2005)

A
hospital revoked a physician’s clinical privileges based on the doctor’s
inappropriate usage of two drugs in combination, failure to follow the standard
of care, and inadequate documentation. The physician sued the hospital and
the district court dismissed the suit under the HCQIA immunity. The physician
appealed and the Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal. The court found
that the doctor did not produce evidence that the hospital’s peer review
process failed to meet the standards of HCQIA and that the hospital did
provide adequate notice and hearing procedures to satisfy HCQIA’s due process
requirement.