Frier Levitt Co-Founding Partner Daniel Frier was featured in a Medscape article titled “Stripped Privileges: An Alarming Precedent for Community Oncologists?” by M. Alexander Otto, PA, MMS. The article highlights a recent lawsuit in Philadelphia between the Jefferson Health hospital system and Alliance Cancer Specialists, the largest independent oncology and hematology practice in southeastern Pennsylvania.
This legal battle has raised significant concerns among community oncologists nationwide, as it may set a new precedent for the strategies employed by large healthcare organizations to take their patients or drive them out of business.
As an attorney representing Alliance, Daniel offers his legal perspective on this matter, noting that while it’s not uncommon for hospitals to establish exclusive contracts with hospital-based practices, the termination of privileges for community oncologists in such an arrangement is highly unusual.
For a more in-depth understanding of this case and how it impacts the future of independent oncology, you can read the Medscape article here.
