A ruling for or against the Minnesota physicians can be used to persuade courts in future cases, said Kathy Kimmel, an attorney for the physicians. “On a fundamental level, if medical staff bylaws are set forth and the hospital can change those rules when they want to, the physicians really have no [security],” she said. “They can’t rely on the rules as they understood them to be when they applied for privileges at that hospital.”
The ruling will set a precedent on whether medical staff bylaws can be amended or repealed by a hospital, said Karolyn Stirewalt, MMA policy counsel. “If the court rules in favor of the hospital, the decision could significantly reduce the authority granted to physician medical staff under their medical staff bylaws.”
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