Work closely with clinicians and other staff as you determine how you triage and separate your COVID-19 and influenza patients as the flu season escalates.
Managing both kinds of highly contagious respiratory infections will pose unique challenges,...
MSP salaries are holding steady despite the uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In fact, this year even saw a slight upward movement in the number of survey takers earning in two of the highest pay brackets:
Oftentimes, with improvement comes change, and a few years ago, Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, made a big change. In an effort to connect related departments and play to the strengths of their employees, the medical center realigned its revenue cycle, credentialing, and...
This series has emphasized time and again the need to be as clear as possible within each part of the fair hearing and due process section of your bylaws. Accordingly, the medical staff bylaws should plainly articulate a member’s right to a hearing, as well as how that hearing will be conducted...
As the end of 2020 approaches, one thing is quite clear: It’s been a tough year. In addition to natural disasters, nationwide protests, and a contentious election season, the United States has had to grapple with a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic. Hundreds of thousands have died...
Educational peer review can help identify, track, and resolve inappropriate clinical performance and medical errors in their early stages, increasing patient safety and overall quality of care. A hospital’s medical staff is charged with ensuring that...
As regulatory bodies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services make policy changes that allow for greater reimbursement, and more practitioners start to employ telemedicine services, the telehealth industry is seeing unprecedented growth—largely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic...
The #MeToo movement has encouraged a wide range of industries that once looked at sexual harassment as “part of the job” to start taking steps to improve working conditions. Healthcare is among those industries that are not only finally recognizing the extent of the problem but looking for...
Any MSP will tell you that they wear many hats. Frequently, MSPs have their hands in a little bit of everything related to credentialing, contracting, provider enrollment, and the medical staff itself. Deborah Ormay, CPCS, CPMSM, a writer and speaker with more than 30 years of managed care...
When we hear the terms frontline workers or people on the front lines, we often picture medical scrubs and stethoscopes, physicians covered head to toe in personal protective equipment, nurses treating patients, and...
