Arkansas Court Decision Prohibits Hospital Economic Credentialing Policy

An Arkansas Circuit Court has ruled that Baptist Health, Arkansas’ largest hospital system, cannot deny physicians’ privileges if they are financially invested in a competitor, according to an AMA news release and news reports.

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The suit against Baptist Health was brought by a group of 12 physicians, the American Medical Association and the Arkansas Medical Society.

The suit was filed by the plaintiffs when Baptist restricted hospital admitting privileges of physicians who held a financial stake in competing facilities.

The court’s ruling prohibits the economic credentialing policy and cites the protection of the patient-physician relationship as the key determinate of the case.

Read the AMA’s release about the ruling against hospital economic credentialing.

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