Negligent Credentialing Lawsuits: Strategies to Protect Your Organization

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This user-friendly legal guide to negligent credentialing tells you exactly what you must do to prevent a claim from being filed—
and what to do to get filed claims dismissed.

Negligent credentialing claims are on the rise. And your hospital is at risk.

There has been a tremendous increase in the number of negligent credentialing claims being filed in conjunction with traditional medical malpractice claims. With physicians carrying less malpractice insurance than in the past, hospitals are targeted as having "deeper pockets." It's disturbingly easy for plaintiffs' attorneys to simply tack such a claim on every lawsuit if there is the slightest hint of something off in the credentialing process (and it is not hard to find something). How can you adequately protect yourself?

Stop wasting time and money on unfounded claims

While in most reported cases, the hospital (and individually named medical leaders) has been able to successfully defend itself, by the time a claim makes it into court the damage has already been done. The actual cost of a legal defense and the time that has to be dedicated to fighting the claim is incredibly damaging to your hospital's financial well-being—not to mention its reputation.

This book reviews the common pitfalls and risks that can get your facility into legal hot water, and outlines the legal defenses that can be used to avoid such suits.

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