Physician Relations
The WSMA supports the organizing of hospital medical staffs into physician
corporations which access the expertise necessary to fully cooperate on a
business-like basis with their hospitals on the DRG prospective payment
system, and on a number of other cooperative arrangements and joint
ventures in the interest of quality patient care and the preservation of
their hospitals' economic viability necessary to their continuation as a
valuable community resource. (EC Rpt D, C-83; Res 9, C-83; Res 12, C-83)
(Reaffirmed A-23)
The WSMA opposes unfair and inappropriate hospital retaliation against
physicians and also opposes the use of the term “disruptive physician”
when physician behavior is appropriate according to the standard of the
WSMA Model Medical Staff Bylaws. (Res B-5, A-12)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services