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What’s New in Health Law

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New Cases

The Court of Appeals of Georgia dismissed claims brought by a physician against a hospital arising out of the hospital’s decision to enter into an exclusive agreement with a hospitalist group of which the physician was not a part. Othman v. Navicent Health, Inc.

To read more about this case and to find out what’s new in healthcare law, visit our What’s New page

Question of the Week

We are working on rewriting our Medical Staff governance documents and noticed that the discussion draft of the Medical Staff Bylaws prepared by HSM attorneys includes the details on histories and physicals. Why are the specifics of histories and physicals included in the Bylaws instead of the Medical Staff Rules and Regulations?

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