Write a paper on the legal basis for the immunization of HMOs from being sued for malpractice.
Consider such things as:
• the relationship of the HMO with its member physicians,
• the HMO organizational structure (IPA versus PPO versus staff model and so forth),
• the principle of direct liability, enterprise liability, indemnification, ERISA preemption, ostensible agency, and anything else that you believe would fall under an HMO’s vulnerability to being sued.
