Montana Interventional & Diagnostic Radiology Specialists, PLLC v. St. Peter's Hospital

¶1 Montana Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology Specialists, PLLC, (MIDRS), is a professional limited liability company whose members, Drs. Palmer, Sibbitt and Massouh, are engaged in the practice of radiology. St. Peter’s Hospital is the only acute-care, community hospital in Helena, Montana, open to the public. Prior to July 2011, St. Peter’s Medical Staff granted privileges to qualified, non-employee radiologists, including the physicians of MIDRS and other outside providers. On July 1,2011, the Hospital “closed” its Radiology Department to all non-employee physicians, regardless of…