Bok v. Mutual Assurance, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The question presented in this appeal is whether or not the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA), 42 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq., provides for a private cause of action to a physician who alleges an insurance company violated its provisions when it refused to provide him with medical malpractice insurance after a peer-review proceeding. We find that the Act does not provide for a private cause of action and affirm the dismissal of the complaint.
In his complaint, Bok alleged that Mutual Assurance, Inc., violated the HCQIA’s due-process requirements when it refused to provide him with…
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