Survival Strategies

1. "Extra" Judicial or "Extra"-legal services. Necessary services that your lawyer does not offer The opposing side enjoys "immunity" and as such, it takes away any advantage the Peer Reviewed Doctor might have

2. Management of the media to get the truth out

3. Consulting

4. Legal Consulting by Center lawyers

5. Negotiation

6. Legal Referral Service. "The best lawyer is not the most expensive one."

7. Proven strategies for dealing with state boards,  hospital boards, jealous competitors

8. Recovering your reputation

9. Headhunter services
    

   Comments from our members:

• Friday, July 28, 2006 5:44 PM
  
  Rich, like I said before, words from you give me additional energy to keep fighting the fight to get back to work. .... Thanks for the encouraging words and "Keep the faith!". I am glad you are out there doing what you do.
  
  Bernie
   
• September 2005
  Dear Rich,
  Thanks for being a light in the darkness. Losing my license because bad people did things in my office has been the pits. You have been a great encouragement to me; and helped me to reach out and do the right thing and the positive "makes a difference thing". You have given me worthwhile and supportive advice and helped me to get through these bad days. It has helped me to understand the people and power plays behind the injustice.
  You have helped me get to a positive outcome. I think you have a great grasp of the games being played .I just would like you to know that I count you among my friends. Sometimes you have to do what creates the best outcome, not what ever comes first to mind. I was really too mad and down to think straight.
  I would recommend your consulting for anyone that gets shot down by a very flawed system. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
  
  Sincerely,
  Dr K.
   
• Sunday, September 04, 2005
  
  Dr. Willner,
  I want to thank you for your support throughout my dealings with peer review fraud since 2001. You have truly helped my family and I survive this crime.
  
  Your knowledge and expertise have proven to be invaluable in matters of peer review fraud. I would strongly recommend that anyone who thinks they may be involved in a medical staff conflict contact you immediately. To ignore this recommendation is foolhardy, and could mean the end of a career. Those of us who have been through these events know. You are truly an expert, if not the only expert, in this field.
  
  A physician may be represented by one of the best attorneys money can buy, but I guarantee they are still handicapped if they don't have your support. No affiliation with any physician group (AMA, TMA, etc.) is going to significantly help, either. Of all the money I have spent on defending myself, I have only seen returns on the investment in time and money I have made with you and your organization.
  
  In fact, I fear there is nobody who could continue the services that you and your organization provide should anything happen to you. So, you and your family are welcome to stay at my home anytime a hurricane threatens Louisiana again.
  
  I never knew such acts as peer review fraud were possible in the U.S. Fortunately, you have been helping victims of peer review fraud successfully fight this (type of crime) for years! Your organization is more valuable, both to the physician and the public, than the AMA.
  
  Sincerely,
  R. M.D.
  Chief, Dept. of Surgery-
  Diplomate, American Board of Surgery