American Health Lawyers Associatio

Healthcare entity bylaws and related documents; navigating the medical staff/healthcare entity relationship, 3d ed. (CD-ROM included)

Attorneys Rieger and Fisher, who specialize in healthcare legal issues and issues affecting nonprofit corporations, explain how hospitals can draft bylaws that will establish an appropriate legal and professional relationship with medical staff. They provide an overview of regulatory matters, including the conditions of participation, the role of accreditation organizations including the Joint Commission, and the protection to healthcare entities and physicians under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986. They discuss the underlying legal and business issues that affect bylaws, such as corporate negligence, the bylaws as a contract, and antitrust concerns; give organizational, drafting, and language tips; and provide an overview of bylaws, including medical staff governance, the nature of staff appointment, and procedures for determining clinical privileges and fair hearing, with sample language. The CD-ROM contains the full text and links to statutes and case law, as well as sample bylaw language in Word format. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)