Health Care Partner Debra Albin-Riley will participate in a session titled “Emerging Medical Staff Trends” at the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ (CSHA) 2025 Annual Meeting & Spring Seminar on April 6, 2025.
Expanding on the peer review protections established in Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System, the California Court of Appeal in Dignity Health v. Mounts held that a wide array of medical staff communications regarding peer review and patient care are absolutely protected from legal liability.
Health Care Counsel Gayland Hethcoat will present at the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ (CSHA) 2023 Annual Meeting and Spring Seminar on May 5.
In response to multiple requests from California hospital industry members, the California Court of Appeal ordered publication of its decision in Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System et al. This important decision is a victory for peer reviewers because it establishes significant protections.
In Khoiny v. Dignity Health, the California Court of Appeal held that hospital residency programs are primarily employment programs and medical residents are primarily employees. Therefore, courts should not give special deference to residency programs’ termination decisions.
Physician-owned companies that generate revenue from the sale of medical devices ordered by their physician owners have in recent years been the target of federal fraud and abuse enforcement actions.
In Scheer v. Regents of the University of California, the Second District Court of Appeal held that the McDonnell-Douglas burden-shifting framework applies to claims asserted pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 1278.5.
Some commentators have misinterpreted the Bichai decision to mean that a medical staff and its affiliated hospital are entirely independent of each other. In reality, the two entities are practically and legally interdependent.
Arent Fox Health Care Partner Debra Albin-Riley and Counsel Sarah Benator will participate in the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys’ 2021 Virtual Fall Seminar on November 19.
On July 29, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued a major anti-SLAPP decision in Bonni v. St. Joseph Health System et al. The decision is both encouraging and disappointing for California medical staffs and the hospitals where they serve.
Health Care Partner Debra Albin-Riley and Counsel Sarah Benator will present a webinar for the California Society for Healthcare Attorneys (CSHA) on May 26, 2021.
