Alan H. Brader v. Allegheny General Hospital.

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• holding hospital had immunity under § 11112(c) where summary suspension of privileges was based on documented contemporaneous concern of imminent danger to patients
• articulating that reasonable belief standard is satisfied if reviewers with information available to them at the time of professional review action would reasonably have concluded that their actions would restrict incompetent behavior or protect patients
• affirming summary judgment in favor of Hospital afforded HCQIA immunity for peer review decisions involving a surgeon characterized as “a disruptive force in the hospital”
• “Like other circuits, we have adopted an objective standard of reasonableness in this context.”
• “Like other circuits, we have adopted an objective standard of reasonableness in 14 Amicus for the Hospital, the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (“HAP”
• Attack upon expert report insufficient to rebut reasonableness of efforts to investigate facts regarding the loss of hospital privileges

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