Many medical executive committee (MEC) members take their posts in January, which is right around the corner. During the next few months, it is important to remember that new MEC members shouldn’t be thrown to the sharks. Rather, ease these individuals into their new roles by educating them...
Florida physician Michael J. Hall, MD, was fined $10,000 as part of his settlement with the Florida Board of Medicine after he posted a former patient’s health information on the website Yelp. According to the complaint, in 2015 Hall posted that the patient, identified in documents as C.B., was...
A federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) certificate is required for all qualified practitioners who write prescriptions for controlled substances. Many individual states also require a practitioner to hold a Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) certificate in addition to a DEA ...
The Credentialing Reosurce Center Symposium is coming to New Orleans on April 20-21, 2020! We’re introducing exciting new features to this year’s CRC Symposium. We just released the 2020 agenda, which features an expansive array of sessions, including some focused on provider...
Once an application is complete and verified, the medical staff has opportunities to speed up the credentialing and privileging process. A hospital can opt to use expedited credentialing for applications that do not raise concern. The medical staff should proactively identify the issues that...
According to a recent study, physicians exhibiting symptoms of depression are more likely to make medical errors. Researchers drew this conclusion after reviewing 11 studies involving more than 21,000 physicians. The results of these studies showed that physicians who screened positive for...
Medical staff policies generally allow a medical staff member to obtain, for good cause, a voluntary leave of absence (LOA). However, a practitioner’s LOA that exceeds the maximum time limit specified in the medical staff policies constitutes a voluntary resignation of medical staff membership...
Patients who underwent surgery at Goshen (Indiana) Hospital between April 1 and September 30 may have been exposed to dangerous diseases after a breakdown in the facility’s surgical instrument sterilization process.
As the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) continues to explode, MSPs see more variation in how supervising physicians utilize APPs. One physician assistant (PA) may hold privileges to perform certain procedures while another PA may not. It is difficult to create metrics when there...
In most organizations, the hospital or parent institution incurs the cost of proctoring. In some locales, however, the medical staff treasury pays. It is also reasonable to require the physician under review to cover proctoring costs. Where this is the practice, you should clearly state in the...
