April 22, 2003

Physician oversight subject of brown bag panel discussion

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By Michael Ford
University News Services

The Department of Health Administration and the VCU Medical Group Management Association recently invited an influential panel to campus to discuss physician disciplinary actions, oversight and current legislative issues in Virginia.

HB 1441 lowers the disciplinary standard for persons licensed by the Board of Medicine and Board of Physical Therapy from gross negligence to simple negligence, and excludes hospitals and health care institutions from reporting certain health professional misconduct if it is reported to a peer review panel.

From left, William F. Jessee, M.D., president and CEO of Medical Group Management Association, Mike Jurgensen, director of health policy and medical economics, Medical Society of Virginia, Del. John M. O'Bannon, M.D., VCU Health System Board of Directors and partner in Neurological Associates, Pat Randall, administrator, Colonial Orthopaedics, and Bill Lueck, executive director of operations, Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists reviewed the impact that House Bill 1441 will have on physicians, health care administrators and licensure in the Commonwealth. Photo by Michael Ford, University News Services
From left, William F. Jessee, M.D., president and CEO of Medical Group Management Association, Mike Jurgensen, director of health policy and medical economics, Medical Society of Virginia, Del. John M. O'Bannon, M.D., VCU Health System Board of Directors and partner in Neurological Associates, Pat Randall, administrator, Colonial Orthopaedics, and Bill Lueck, executive director of operations, Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists reviewed the impact that House Bill 1441 will have on physicians, health care administrators and licensure in the Commonwealth. Photo by Michael Ford, University News Services