Privilege to Practice, Proof to Defend: ASC Strategies for Credentialing, Peer Review, and HCQIA Compliance

McDonald Hopkins' Rachel Carey will be presenting on "Privilege to Practice, Proof to Defend: ASC Strategies for Credentialing, Peer Review, and HCQIA Compliance" at the 2026 FSASC Quality & Risk Management Conference presented by the Florida Society of Ambulatory Surgical Centers.

This session will provide a pragmatic roadmap for ASC leaders to reduce litigation and regulatory risk tied to medical staff governance. It explains how lapses in credentialing, peer review, and bylaw adherence translate into negligent credentialing claims, challenges to privilege determinations, payer contracting friction, survey deficiencies, and adverse outcomes after patient injury events. The session centers on what a “reasonable” ASC does to meet legal standards, how to document decisions for defensibility, and how to avoid common pitfalls that erode peer review protections under HCQIA and analogous state law.