Ohio Appeals Court: Peer-Review Privilege Protects Nursing Facility Reports

(March 30, 2022, 10:18 AM EDT) -- DAYTON, Ohio — Reversing a trial court’s denial of a nursing facility’s motion for a protective order in a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit, an Ohio appellate panel on March 25 concluded that some of the documents withheld by the facility were protected by the peer-review privilege and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), sustaining the appellants’ assignments of error and remanding the case....