Disruptive Physicians
The mechanism under the JCAHO and AMA now used by hospitals to perpetrate the sham peer review of physicians come under the classification of the "Disruptive Physician." But what does that mean? The JCAHO has stated that healthcare organizations have an obligation to protect patients from harm, and that they are therefore required to design a process that provides education and prevention of physical, psychiatric, and emotional illness and facilitates confidential diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of potentially impaired physicians. The JCAHO proclaims that the focus of this process is rehabilitation rather than discipline, to aid a physician in retaining or regaining optimal professional functioning, consistent with the protection of patients. However, in reality the JCAHO standards also direct that if, at any time during this process, it is determined that a physician is unable to safely perform according to the privileges that he or she had been granted, the matter is forwarded to medical staff leadership for appropriate corrective action. Such action includes, but is not limited to, strict adherence to any state or federally mandated reporting requirements such as the National Practitioner Data Bank.
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Amicus Curiae
Changes in Healthcare Law
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Disruptive Physicians
Healthcare Attorney and Physician Advocate Jeffrey Grass
Whistleblowers
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Qui Tam
