Responding to reports of allegations of physician sexual misconduct is more important now than ever.
After the rise of the #MeToo movement and public examples such as the former USA gymnastics national team doctor, Larry Nassar, and former USC gynecologist, George Tyndall, health care entities across the country are seeking to ensure they have the policies and procedures, and training, required to properly respond to such allegations. This topic helps the persons responsible for drafting and implementing such policies and procedures to understand the key components in appropriately responding to allegations in real time. This information will address the special aspects of investigating sexual harassment and sexual assault allegations against a practitioner who is an employee and a practitioner who holds privileges at a health care entity and/or is a hospital medical staff member. Under medical staff peer review, the protocols in responding to a complaint regarding an employee and a physician with privileges are not the same. This topic will address those differences and provide information how to operate with an understanding of those differences to maintain the peer review privilege and immunities for your health care entity.
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Agenda
Types of Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Medical Staff Members
- Allegations by Other Medical Staff
- Allegations by Health Care Entity Employees
- Allegations by Patients
Peer Review and Human Resources - Two Separate Tracks
- Explaining the Peer Review Privilege
- When Is Peer Review Triggered?
- When Is Human Resources Triggered?
- Importance of Protecting the Peer Review Privilege
- How to Protect the Peer Review Privilege
Policies and Procedures to Respond to Allegations
- Investigating Allegations Against Medical Staff Members
- Progressive Steps
Reporting Responsibilities
- State and Federal
- Agencies and Local Law Enforcement
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This course was last revised on May 14, 2019.
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- VT CLE 1.5
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Sherri T. Alexander
Polsinelli
- Shareholder in the office of Polsinelli
- Vice chair of Health Care Litigation Practice Group
- Practice emphasizes all aspects of health care litigation ranging from complex litigation to medical staff, credentialing, and physician and nurse peer review
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on numerous topics including the national practitioner data bank and medical staff peer review
- Author of several publications related to the areas of medical staff, peer review, credentialing, and evolving case law
- Patrick E. Higginbotham, American Inn of Court, Master, Former President
- American Health Lawyers Association; Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow; Dallas Bar Association, Health Law Section, Fellow
- J.D. degree, Southern Methodist University
- Can be contacted at 214-661-5549 or [email protected]

Alexis L. Angell
Polsinelli
- Associate in the office of Polsinelli
- Member of Health Care Litigation Practice Group
- Practice emphasizes all aspects of medical staff, physician and nurse peer review, credentialing, and related litigation
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on numerous medical staff, peer review, credentialing, physician behavior, and the national practitioner data bank
- Author of several publications related to the areas of allegations of physician sexual misconduct, HIPAA, and changes to the National Practitioner Data Bank Guidebook
- American Health Lawyers Association, medical staff, credentialing, and Peer Review Practice Group, research & website vice chair
- Leadership council on legal diversity, mentor
- Patrick E. Higginbotham, American Inn of Court, Barrister
- Dallas Bar Association, Health Law Section & Dallas Association for Young Lawyers
- J.D. degree, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- Can be contacted at 214-661-5571 or [email protected]
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