Legal Opinion
Doe v. Leavitt
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 14, 2009No. 08-1431PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to construe the word “investigation” as that word is used in a provision of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA), a statute that directs hospitals and other health care entities to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) in the event that a physician surrenders his clinical privileges while he is “under an investigation” for suspected incompetence or improper professional conduct. 42 U.S.C. § 11133(a)(l)(B)(i). The question is one of first impression at the federal appellate level.
In the underlying…
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