The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville (the "Court") awarded summary judgment in favor of a large hospital corporation being sued by a physician who was terminated during a leave of absence to receive treatment for substance abuse.
Short of terminating a physician’s employment, appraising a physician’s performance is often the responsibility that administrative and medical staff leaders hate most. For many physicians, the phrase “performance appraisals” stirs up an unsavory image of managers sitting behind large desks...
CMS has joined with OSHA in suspending its mandate for COVID-19 vaccination of healthcare workers while the interim final rule is under a legal challenge.
Hospitals are welcome to voluntarily enforce the requirement anyways, says CMS.
In a December 2 memo to state survey agencies...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 12
The number of MSPs making more than $100,000 has increased over the past year, according to the 2021 MSP Salary Survey. This year, 22.3% of respondents reported earning $100,000 or more, compared to 19.5% in 2020.
Have you ever felt like some problems in medical staff leadership were simply unsolvable? Many hospitals constantly struggle to find answers to the following questions.
