Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Mercy Health Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 1, 1999PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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SAYLOR, Justice.
The issue before us is whether the confidentiality provision of the Peer Review Protection Act (“the Act”), 63 P.S. §§ 425.1-425.4, applies to an internal hospital proceeding in which a physician challenges his own peer review process. We conclude that it does not, and therefore affirm the trial court.
In October of 1995, Appellant Mercy Catholic Medical Center (“the Hospital”) summarily suspended the clinical privileges of Appellee Timothy J. Hayes, M.D. (“Dr. Hayes”), a general surgeon. The apparent basis of the Hospital’s action was, in its words, “a serious issue…
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