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Robin Locke Nagele Analyzes PA Supreme Court Decision's Impact on Medical Peer Review Protection for Law360
In the March 30, 2018 Law360 article, "Pa. High Court Ruling Erodes Medical Peer Review Protection," Health Care Practice Co-Chair Robin Locke Nagele examined the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent decision in Reginelli v. Boggs. The decision held that a physician practice group that employed physicians and other licensed health care providers did not qualify for peer review privilege protection.
Ms. Nagele notes that the decision is striking and signals two very significant shifts in the state's peer review analysis:
"First, the court held that a physician practice group that employed physicians and other licensed health care providers did not qualify for peer review privilege protection either for its own internal peer review activities or for peer review activities that it had been engaged to conduct on the hospital’s behalf. Second, the court, in dicta, appears to have eliminated peer review protection for hospital credentialing."