Fifty-eight percent of physicians have a strongly negative impression of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), according to a survey conducted by physician search firm Merritt Hawkins.
Although the goals of competency assessment are the same for advanced practice professionals (APP) and physicians, the way in which the medical staff goes about it may differ. The medical staff should work with APPs to develop the process, which may include defining specific quality indicators...
In addition to employment, many organizations utilize a contract to better align and integrate the parties involved. Such contracts can run the gamut from a relatively simple agreement to interpret EKGs, to an exclusive contract with a cardiology group to provide all cardiac services at the...
Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) has nothing to do with a failure to meet some standard in an employment agreement, provided that there has been no similar action...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 5
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a judgment by the U.S. District Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio in favor of a hospital that rescinded a physician’s employment contract after it received a poor peer review reference during his...
