Malpractice in contract groups?

[whasupmd2]

Any downside for being in a contract group from malpractice standpoint? Does it help to be a part of the hospital in that the hospital can try to take your name off if it, so they are just suiing the hospital and have the legal and support of the hospital, vs. being on your own in the contract group and the hospital not really having reason to back you up? Nor, will they have any incentive to take your name off the suit?

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[docB]

The vast majority of EPs work in contract groups. As you mentioned the hospitals have no incentive or desire to back you up in a suit. At my hospital the patients sign 3 seperate documents at registration telling them that the docs (all the docs, not just the EPs) don't work for the hospital. I think you're talking about EPs who enjoy "soverign immunity." That's a setup where the docs are employees of the hospital and any suits name the hospital, often a county or city as well and tend to get bogged down before they can hurt the doc. Those situations are much talked about but pretty rare.