Brough-Stevenson
Brough-Stevenson v. Community Emergency Medical Assocs. CA5
Opinion
Opinion
Levy, J.
BACKGROUND
Respondent is a licensed physician and surgeon and is board certified in emergency medicine. Respondent was a partner in Community Emergency Medical Associates (CEMA), a group of emergency medical practitioners that contracted with CRMC and Clovis Community to provide emergency room physicians. Respondent had staff privileges at both hospitals. Craig Castro is the chief executive officer for Clovis Community. His duties include overseeing the delivery of emergency medical services. In doing so, Castro receives reports and input on the emergency department‟s performance from his subordinates, including the RN manager, Mason Mathews. Castro also communicates with Santé Health Systems, Inc. (Santé), the management services organization for
CEMA.
All further statutory references are to the Code of Civil Procedure.
2. Beginning in 2008, Castro became concerned about the overall performance and quality of the Clovis Community emergency department. Based on his declaration, it appears Castro was primarily focused on the number of emergency patients seen per hour. Due to emergency departments providing a large measure of uncompensated care, Clovis Community was…