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| Credentialing Resource Center |
| July 2008 |
| Hospitals must formally document exclusive contracts, court ruling says |
| Although many healthcare organizations choose to inform their medical staff members about exclusive contracts as a matter of good communication, a recent court ruling has turned that best practice into legal precedent for Georgia hospitals. In March, the Fourth Division of the Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled in Madonna v. Satilla Health Services, Inc., that Georgia hospitals can enforce exclusive contracts, but they must define such provisions in medical staff bylaws and/or contracts with individual practitioners. |
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