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What The Center for Peer Review Justice Does

SERVICES OFFERED BY THE CENTER….

  • Complimentary Initial Case Review: A preliminary evaluation to analyze the merits of your case and outline a strategic defense.
  • Extra-Judicial Strategy Development: Critical, non-litigation interventions and defense strategies that traditional law firms do not provide.
  • Countering Institutional Immunity: Advanced tactical positioning designed to neutralize the broad statutory immunities enjoyed by hospitals and Medical Executive Committees (MECs).
  • Sham & Bad Faith Peer Review Defense: Specialized consultancy backed by over two decades of specialized advocacy in combating malicious institutional actions.
  • Independent Legal Consultation: Access to outside, objective healthcare attorneys aligned with our center’s defense methodologies.
  • Vetted Legal Referral Network: Direct connection to affordable, high-caliber attorneys. Contact us to verify if your current counsel is CPRJ Approved or to find a certified specialist in your jurisdiction.
  • High-Stakes Crisis Negotiation: Strategic intervention to secure your professional survival, preserve your reputation, and prevent catastrophic career damage.
  • National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Consultation: Expert guidance on navigating, contesting, and mitigating the impact of adverse reports.
  • Career Rehabilitation & Re-Entry Support: Comprehensive guidance to help you transition to your next position or successfully re-enter clinical practice, the operating room, or academia.

     The Center for Peer Review Justice has been fighting for the rights of medical professionals since 2000. We have developed custom strategies to address both the type of accusations as well as the source. In addition to services to individual practitioners, we are involved in changing the political climate to be friendlier to both physicians and patients. We have helped numerous medical providers retain their profession and regain their dignity.
    The Center for Peer Review Justice (CPRJ) has defended the rights of physicians and surgeons since 2000. We design targeted, strategic interventions tailored to both the nature of the allegations and their institutional source. Beyond individual defense, we actively lobby to reform the systemic political landscape and restore professional justice. For over two decades, we have helped hundreds of physicians protect their licenses, defend their reputations, and safeguard their careers.
     
    The Reality of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA):
    The Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) creates a federal “legal carve-out” that strips physicians of substantive and factual due process. It replaces these core protections with basic procedural due process—essentially reducing your defense to a hearing overseen by your own accusers.
    Because this is established federal law, standard legal counsel cannot restore rights that Congress has explicitly revoked. Furthermore, HCQIA grants broad immunity to hospitals, administrators, Medical Executive Committees (MECs), and competing peer reviewers. In federal and state courts, judges routinely defer to the clinical “expert opinion” of the hospital’s peer review panel rather than litigating the factual merits of your case.
    The Timeline and Consequences
      • Day 30: Thirty days post-summary suspension, a mandatory report is submitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).
      • The Aftermath: An NPDB report almost automatically triggers a secondary investigation by your State Medical Board.

    Our Track Record
    We invite you to review our extensive repository of physician testimonials, endorsements, and letters of gratitude. While exhaustive, this record reflects over 20 years of hard-won victories against institutional malpractice.
    The CRITICAL first steps to take the moment you face a Sham Peer Review, Summary Suspension, or a State Medical Board Inquiry:

    Call Us IMMEDIATELY!!

    THE CENTER FOR PEER REVIEW JUSTICE
    Info@PeerReviewJustice.org
    504-621-1670

    Let us help you manage all of the things necessary for your successful defense.

    Question You Should Ask and Know before responding to any disciplinary action:

    1. Have you been called “Disruptive” or have behavioral issues?
    2. Have you received a notice for a disciplinary “hearing”, summary suspension, disciplinary action, hospital privileges revoked, your medical license suspended, reports sent to the National Practitioner Data Bank?

    We have almost 27 years of experience with strategies and working with attorneys to help get you back into your practice, sometimes at the same facility and restore your good name.  Nothing is guaranteed but we do our best and have succeeded where others have failed.

    Educating Doctors Against Sham Peer Review

    Frequently the careers of physicians and other medical professionals are threatened by sudden challenges, many of which are motivated by bad faith on the part of hospital administrators and other practitioners.

    If you are being accused of providing substandard care, being a “disruptive physician” or any other claim that calls into question your ability to practice medicine safely, you could be facing consequences including the following:

    • Loss of hospital privileges
    • Loss of your license
    • A listing in the National Practitioner Data Bank
    • Administrative, regulatory or criminal penalties
    • Federal health care programs exclusion

    You need an experienced team with custom strategies to guide you through each stage of the process and stand up for your rights.  The administrative hearings do not follow the same “due process” rule of law that are used in a courtroom.  Are you and your legal team experienced in these frequently closed door meetings?

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