Medical staffs frequently struggle to find new ways to encourage meeting attendance and participation; absentee ballots might be a solution for reaching quorum when voting on important issues.
Medical staff services isn't what it used to be, and no MSP would argue with that. What was once an administrative job has become a highly technical career, and it's getting more specialized by the day.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 1
Physician shortage. Important patient care need. Physicians seeking work-life balance or an alternative to retirement. All of these are reasons locum tenens practitioners are becoming more popular. Using these "placeholder" practitioners can be a great option, as long as you...
In last month's Medical Staff Briefing, we discussed CMS' February 17, 2012, memorandum wherein new guidance language was provided in regard to a change to the Conditions of Participation and Interpretative Guidelines under Transmittal 72. The memorandum outlined...
There are many factors to consider during the credentialing process and it is incumbent upon the hospital that is credentialing a new physician to undergo due diligence from a variety of sources.
On September 25, the State of Minnesota District Court, Fifth Judicial District issued a ruling on the legal effect of medical staff bylaws. The court ruled that although medical staff bylaws do not constitute a binding contract between the hospital and the medical staff, a...
It was in July 2010 that Medical Staff Briefing first reported on the American Medical Informatics Association's (AMIA) efforts to make clinical informatics a subspecialty. In November, AMIA announced at its annual symposium that qualifying physicians will be able to take a...
In October, CMS started dinging hospitals for what it considers excessive readmission rates. Some top-ranked hospitals, such as Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., will have to...
In 2007, a bill was passed amending California's whistleblower statute extending the rights previously granted to nonphysician staff members to include physicians as well. The amendment allowed physicians that brought forth patient safety complaints to sue the hospital for...
In July it was revealed that two New Mexico surgeons were involved in nearly 80 malpractice lawsuits after performing back surgeries that only one of the surgeons was qualified to perform.
