This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 34
If the organization is pushing to adopt the procedure, technology, or treatment in question, the burden of compensating the outside proctor should fall on the hospital.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 34
Some hospital medicine practices implement retention bonuses. For each year of service, the practice puts away a predetermined amount of money to be paid out at the end of a predetermined period of time.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 34
Does your medical staff have a policy that specifically addresses credentialing and privileging for aging practitioners? Does the medical staff pay to have aging practitioners physically and mentally evaluated? Share your practice and find out what your peers are doing by taking this...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 33
Requests for leaves of absence have become more common in recent years, and it is important for medical staffs to have clear policies regarding their use. A member of the medical staff may request a leave of absence for personal reasons (e.g., the birth of a child, illness of a family member,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 33
Consider reinstituting mandatory medical staff meeting attendance. Under such an arrangement, active medical staff members could be required to attend a minimum number of department and general medical staff meetings per year (e.g. 50% to retain the rights of self governance, namely to vote,...