Winona Memorial Hospital, Ltd. Partnership v. Kuester

OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge

This interlocutory appeal comes before us pursuant to the trial court’s denial of the defendant health care providers’ motion to dismiss Sharon Kuester’s complaint alleging the negligent credentialing of a doctor whose malpractice allegedly caused injury to her. We accepted jurisdiction to address the following issue:

Whether a claim against a qualified health care provider for the negligent credentialing of a physician is an action for malpractice subject to the provisions of the Medical Malpractice Act? 1

By all accounts, this is an issue of first impression in Indiana.

The…