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AMA Votes to Support Ventura Medical
By a vote of 435 to 11, the AMA House of Delegates voted to back the medical staff at Ventura’s Community Memorial Hospital in their fight to preserve medical staff self-governance. The medical staff filed a lawsuit against the hospital administration earlier this year, alleging that the hospital administration is interfering with its medical staff’s legal right to self-governance. Medical staff self-governance was identified as a "burning issue" for physicians across the country, and medical staffs in Florida, New York, and Ohio are fighting similar battles with their hospital administrations. A major reason, according to testimony presented to the delegates, is the increasing number of law firms and consultants who specialize in instructing hospital administrators on how to dilute the rights of medical staffs. The resolution (#614), introduced by AMA’s Organized Medical Staff Section, also urged AMA’s Litigation Center to provide legal and/or financial assistance for cases, such as this one, that seek to protect medical staff self-governance. At CMA’s annual meeting in March, the House of Delegates unanimously voted to support the medical staff of Community Memorial Hospital and asked CMA members to provide donations to support the legal battle for self-governing medical staffs. Please make your contribution today to CMA's Legal Defense Fund.
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