In a significant victory for Massachusetts healthcare employers, on December 20, 2010, the Massachusetts federal court applied the state overtime exemption available to hospitals, nursing homes, and certain other healthcare employers, and dismissed all 13 state wage-law claims in Cavallaro v.UMass Memorial Health Care. Plaintiffs in the case, a class action filed on behalf of… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2010
State Supreme Court Decision Bars Hospitals from Considering Economic Factors in Deciding Physician Staff Privileges
In a significant victory for physicians in the battle against “economic credentialing,” the Arkansas Supreme Court recently held that a hospital that denies or refuses to renew staff privileges to physicians because they have an interest in a competing hospital unlawfully interferes with the doctor-patient relationship. The American Medical Association (AMA), which opposes such hospital policies… Continue Reading