Is the blanket immunity for credentialing determinations under HCQIA (HealthcareQuality Improvement Act of 1986)that deny surgical or admitting privileges fair to doctors who are unfairly denied privileges?

Instructions:

1. Initial Postconsidering the following:

• Is economic credentialing fair?For example, if an orthopedist wants to move into an area already served by two orthopedists and the population isn't large enough to generate enough orthopedic cases to keep a third orthopedist busy, may the hospital where the two incumbent orthopedists practice deny surgical privileges to the new orthopedists solely for economic reasons?

• Can a hospital deny privilegesbases on language proficiency