The first factor in practicing medicine is understanding the costs of your location of business. After understanding some of the costs associated with your practice, it is important to understand the trends and legislation activity within the states in order to avoid an environment unfriendly to physicians.

State by State list of hospitals that have produced cases involving due process and peer review immunity. We also have examples of military injustice, which has proven to be much more harsh.

NATIONAL
November 12, 2004 Physicians and Hospitals: In the Same Lifeboat, Again full story...

ALABAMA
Duard Bok v. Mutual Assurance full story...

ALASKA
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Fairbanks full story...

ARIZONA

January 20, 2005
AZ: New hospitals, not enough docs full story...

Arizona Board of Medical Examiners full story...
November 22, 2004 Hospitalists program keeps doctor in the house full story...

CALIFORNIA

January 23, 2005
CA: Local hospital finishes best year ever full story...

November 24, 2004 Doctor group to quit hospital full story...
November 7, 2004 Oakland: Inside look at what ails Med Center Specifics of fed probe at
facility reveals poor care for suicidal patients full story...

November 6, 2004 Few California hospitals inspected for nurse-patient ratios full story...

St. John's Hospital, Oxnard: Dr. John Hill & others are leaving nearby Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura due to a medical staff self-governance battle, and they find St. Johns to be more than welcoming full story...

Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside full story...
Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura full story...
Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco Dr. John Ulrich Jr. full story...
Kaiser Permenente Foundation Hospital, San Rafael full story...
Midway Hospital Medical Center, Summit Health (Tenet), Los Angeles full story...
Mercy American River Hospital, Carmichael full story...
Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles full story...
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Fountain Valley full story...
San Diego County Summary full story...
San Diego County Entire Article full story...

CONNECTICUT
Doctors who sued Yale University win $5.5 million full story...
State Health Officials Seek Tougher Review Of Doctors full story...
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Connecticut State Medical Society full story...
William W. Backus Hosptial, Norwich full story...
Yale-New Haven Sued In Class Action, brought by Richard Scruggs of Big Tobacco fame
Hospital Accused Of Unfair Treatment For Uninsured Patients full story...

COLORADO
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver full story...
North Colorado Medical Center full story...
Gunnison Valley Hospital, Gunnison full story...

FLORIDA

January 30, 2005
FL: Wyett to hospital: 'Shape up or ship out' full story...

January 20, 2005
Last St. Mary's heart doctors set to leave full story...

January 16, 2005
A dropper of disclosure not enough for patients full story...

November 19, 2004 Legal skirmishes continued to erupt as Florida hospitals attempt to delay the implementation of new constitutional amendments. full story...

Sarasota Memorial, Sarasota full story...
Naples Medical Center, Naples full story...
University of South Florida, Tampa Bay full story...

IDAHO
January 11, 2005
Hospital, physicians take steps to build ties; Panel hopes to establish dialogue, avoid pitfalls full story...

IOWA

January 25, 2005
Iowa: Local physicians claim ORHC's recruitment efforts are lacking full story...

December 26, 2004 A new computer software program is dramatically reducing the risk for error, and saving a great deal of time in the process. full story...

ILLINOIS
November 8, 2004 Illinois hospital, staff go to court in fight over liability coverage The case is one of several in the country asking courts to decide how much weight medical staff bylaws carry. full story...

State College Hospital, Chicago full story...
St. Mary's Hospital, Centralia full story...

INDIANA
Memorial Hospital of South Bend full story...

LOUISIANA
Mercy Hospital, New Orleans: A cardiologist awarded $6 million in a case that took on the peer review process sees the jury verdict quickly overturned by a judge. full story...
Louisiana State University School of Medicine full story ...

MAINE


MASSACHUSSETTS
Lahey Clinic: the plaintiff was prevented from discovering potentially damaging testimony that would support his defamation suit. full story...

MARYLAND
Harford Memorial Hospital, Upper Chesapeake Bay full story...
Midway Hospital cited in General Surgery News "Shammed I am, in Peer Review"

MINNESOTA

January 19, 2005
Minnesota hospital errors revealed full story...

January 17, 2005
ICUs at Mercy & Unity Hospitals Win Safety and Innovation Awards full story...

MISSISSIPPI

Hinds General Hospital, Hinds County(a state owned facility): full story...

MISSOURI

January 30, 2005
Missouri: Patients First Physicians Honored full story...

Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, near University of Missouri full story...
Truman Medical Center (that's twice) full story...

NEVADA
Truckee Meadows Hospital, now known as West Hills Hospital, Reno full story...

NEW HAMPSHIRE
'Disruptive' physician tells her story to AMA full story...

NEW MEXICO
Dr. Arlene Brown - Key case in overcoming PEER REVIEW immunity in the post-Patrick case/HCQIA environment
US Court of Appeals Filed 11/29/96 Tenth Circuit

NEW YORK

14 SEP 2004 Rochester General certified as nursing magnet full story...
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York City full story...

NORTH CAROLINA
Randolph Hospital, Asheboro full story...
North Carolina Presbyterian Matthews Hospital full story...

OHIO

December 27, 2004 Dayton, OH: Specialty hospital battle may heat up again full story...

Probe: Docs Who Report Problems Become Targets full story...
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Dr. Thomas Kirby Probe: full story...

OKLAHOMA

Anadarko Municipal Hospital, Anadarko full story...

OREGON
Oregon MDs study law on peer review. Question its use to stop 'whistleblowers' full story...
Oregon Health and Science University full story...

PENNSYLVANIA

January 18, 2005
Monsour continues to fail inspections full story...

Health care whistle-blower bill approved by state House full story...
Yann H.H. van Geertruyden cites Hayes v. Mercy Health Corp. as evidence for PA's fair laws full story...

Health care whistle-blower bill approved by state House full story...
Swinging Pendulum of Peer Review immunity cites Hayes v. Mercy Health Corp. full story...

Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia full story...
Centre Community, State College/Penn State full story...
Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Wilkes-Barre full story...
Veterans Hospital, Wilkes-Barre (twice) full story...
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland full story...
Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster full story...

SOUTH CAROLINA
Roper Hospital, Charleston, S.C. full story...
(also cited in General Surgery News "Shammed I am, in Peer Review")
Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia full story...
Trident Medical Center, Charleston full story...
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg full story...

TEXAS

January 22, 2005
El Paso, TX: Loss of anesthesiology program could hurt med school full story...

Humana Health Care, Corpus Christi: full story...
Dallas Forth Worth Medical Center full story...
Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland: full story...
Texas Health Systems d/b/a Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas full story...
University of Texas Health Center, Tyler full story...

TENNESSEE
Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City full story...

VIRGINIA

January 16, 2005
Mixed Ruling in Suit Over Hospital full story...

WASHINGTON STATE

January 20, 2005
Group Wants Doctors to Stop Lobbying Patients full story...

December 14, 2004 The Trends of 2004 Docs and Hospitals: Trust in Mutual Interests
full story...

November 24, 2004 Hospital apologizes in death of patient full story...

University of Washington Medical Center
the subject of investigation for Medicare and Medicaid billing fraud resulting from the report of a whistleblower who worked in the billing and compliance section of the UW’s billing groups. Allegedly, the UW submitted millions of dollars worth of faulty medical insurance reimbursement claims from 1996 to 2002. full story...

WASHINGTON DC
District of Columbia General Hospital full story...

WYOMING
December 15, 2004 Local physicians published in JAMA full story...

WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston full story...

VETERANS AFFAIRS
Higher Salaries Sought for VA Doctors full story...

MILITARY
It is advised that no doctor should seek employment in the military, see Dr. Shaller's case full story

January 19, 2005
Guam Memorial Hospital deaths to be studied full story...

Military Physicians Leave For A Plethora Of Reasons full story...

Army
Madigan Clinic of Internal Medicine, Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Washington full story...
Feds investigating contracts between Tenet, local doctors full story...

Horty Springer, Pittsburgh law firm specializing in helping hospitals get around DUE PROCESS full story...