Part 8: Bylaws and employment agreements--perfect together?
Are employed physicians held to the standards of the medical staff bylaws? Where does an employment contract fit into this situation? William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, tackles this challenging issue.
Physicians who are riled up about Maintenance of Certification (MOC) may bring this issue to the attention of their medical staff and board, arguing for changes to board certification requirements at the hospital, says Todd Sagin, MD, JD. Therefore, it is worthwhile for MSPs and medical staff...
Are pre-applications necessary? Are organizations still using them? Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, discuss the pros and cons of preapplications.
Last spring the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) updated its guidelines for the first time in more than 10 years. The following questions and answers are from the recent HCPro webcast, FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges, presented by...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 50
In the near future, you can expect to see some changes coming to Medical Staff Leader Insider. Your weekly source of medical staff news will become a twice weekly publication and will feature more in-depth coverage and analysis of news stories. You will also be able to access these articles on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 50
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement with 32 hospitals in 15 states to resolve allegations that they mischarged Medicare for kyphoplasty procedures. The hospitals will pay more than $28 million to settle claims that they billed Medicare for the minimally-invasive procedure to...
