Best Practices in Navigating Peer Review From an Employment Law Perspective

Join Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys Michael Bertoncini and Sarah Skubas, along with AtlantiCare General Counsel Donna Michael-Ziereis, for a moderated discussion of issues surrounding the intersection between the peer review process and managing physicians as employees. Healthcare in-house counsel, compliance and human resources leadership will benefit from this discussion as peer review and the peer review privilege becomes increasingly important to navigate when managing physicians as employees and in potential litigation. Topics include:

• The role of peer review and scope of the corresponding privilege.
• How the peer review process intersects with managing physicians as employees.
• Limitations of the peer review privilege in the context of employed physician employment litigation.
• Best practices in preventive management of the peer review process/privilege from a litigation perspective.