The healthcare industry continues to face a present and future staffing shortage. As a result, many practitioners have decided to reenter the clinical field after an extended period of inactivity, i.e., a leave of absence (LOA). When it comes to practitioner LOA, there are a number of issues to...
At the 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium, when speakers Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, and Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, told audience members that locum tenens do not need a medical staff category, there was a collective gasp in the crowd. It was evident...
Once upon a time, key medical staff leadership positions (officers, department chairs, credentials chair, peer review chair) were viewed as important voluntary positions to help the medical staff carry out its board designated responsibility to ensure the care provided primarily by individuals...
A lot of medical staff bylaws restrict board certification to American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and its member boards—again, sometimes unintentionally. Doing so blocks physicians certified by osteopathic boards, non-U.S. boards, and any new boards created not under ABMS.
Physician leaders are pressed for time. The Medical Executive Committee Manual provides them the knowledge and tools to confidently and effectively carry out their responsibilities. With this manual, MEC members will understand important medical staff functions, such as...
