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American Medical Association
Physicians Hail Arkansas Court Victory Against Baptist Health
March 22nd, 2009
In a legal victory that preserves the patient-physician relationship and promotes competition, an Arkansas state court has ruled that Baptist Health, Arkansas' largest hospital system, acted improperly by inappropriately restricting hospital admitting privileges and interfering with the continuity of patient care. The ruling in Baptist v. Murphy permanently prohibits an economic credentialing policy adopted by Baptist Health in 2003, which would have allowed the hospital system to interfere in the patient-physician relationship by denying hospital-admitting privileges to medical staff members based on financial concerns. As the court observed, "The...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-03-22)
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