The Health Care Quality Improvement Act allows the use of non-physicians on a hearing panel. However, any time a hospital contemplates the addition of a non-physician on the panel, it should consult state law. The bylaws can also address whether physicians employed by or contracted with the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 29
Vast pay discrepancies for medical directorships exist depending on specialty, region, and type of healthcare facility, according to a recent study conducted by the Medical Group Management Association, Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey: 2009 Report Based on 2008 Data.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 29
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 28
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 28
The Supreme Court of Georgia in June ruled that plaintiffs who bring negligent credentialing lawsuits against a hospital can discover certain hospital credentialing records in Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County, d/b/a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 28
No, unless otherwise required by state law, says Claude (Bud) Pate, REHS, vice president of content and development at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc. in Marblehead, MA. “For example, in California DPMs are members of the...
