In a series focused on how professionals in the medical staff services industry are overcoming unique COVID-19 challenges, Medical Staff Briefing is sitting down with physician leaders, MSPs, quality professionals, educators, and consultants across the country to hear about their experiences....
Language that addresses the EMTALA requirements to assess, stabilize, and determine a patient’s condition can be added to your delineation of privilege forms as applicable to each specialty for which the medical executive committee (MEC) has established call coverage requirements. The language...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 5
The California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District (the "Court"), affirmed a superior court's judgment that a hospital and several physicians being sued could not invoke the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute because most of the defendant's claims did not...
The foundation of the Physician Performance Pyramid, as described in Part 1, is to appoint competent physicians to the medical staff. The more time and effort that is spent here, the easier the rest of the medical staff leader’s job will be. If not enough time is devoted to selecting competent...
After receiving some internal feedback, a hospital system based in Philadelphia says it has reversed a policy that linked bonus pay for some physicians to referrals to its fundraising office.
Credentialing Resource Center needs your help! We are looking for experts in the field to tell us how their organization handles initial FPPE for low- and no-volume providers. Your tips and best practices could be featured in an upcoming article on Credentialing Resource Center. If you are...
