Understanding the tenets of credentialing, privileging, and peer review are key to being a successful medical staff leader. However, there are also some general elements that new medical staff leaders should keep in mind (and follow) in order to keep their sanity while serving in a leadership...
Four years ago, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact officially launched its expedited licensure process. However, the initial discussion about developing a streamlined licensing process stems back even further. The compact, which was initially developed by the Federation of State Medical...
Consider joining forces with local or even statewide hospitals to find beds for patients during an emergency surge. The plan could improve patient care while saving precious resources like money, manpower, and staff energy when setting up alternate care sites.
Any type of peer review can be daunting for MSPs and physicians alike, and focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) is no exception. In 2008, The Joint Commission (TJC)...
In a series focused on how healthcare professionals are overcoming unique COVID-19 challenges, Medical Staff Briefing is sitting down with physician leaders, MSPs, and quality professionals across the country to hear about their experiences. Last month, we spoke with...
For healthcare providers or organizations, accreditation surveys are unavoidable. In order to receive certification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—which is required for facilities wishing to receive reimbursement from Medicare—an organization must be accredited....
The past year saw a sharp increase in the number of telemedicine visits, largely due to the public health emergency precipitated by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that telemedicine visits in the first quarter of 2020 increased...
The gender pay gap is not news. In 2016, a Forbes article pointed out that the healthcare and social assistance industry had the fourth highest gender pay gap behind the finance and insurance; public administration; and professional, scientific, and technical services industries, even though...
When the COVID-19 pandemic officially created a public health emergency earlier in the year, organizations across the country were forced to decide how their employees should continue to perform their duties. For some, the decision was easy: pack up the laptop and files and work from home...
Establishing a structure for reviewing ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) reports can be challenging, especially given that the process requires the resource-intensive and time-consuming task of interpreting data. The medical staff drives the OPPE process; however, medical staff...
