Gains in compensation are never a bad thing. And performance-based metrics, while challenging, can be rewarding—a pat on the back for a job well done. But here’s the not-so-great news when it comes to MSP raises: According to the respondents of Credentialing Resource Center’s 2020 MSP Salary...
Start by finding a couple of physician champions and APPs who are regarded highly amongst their peer group and appear to be leaders, says Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS. Begin to have this discussion with them—would they be interested in having such a structure? You might reach out to other...
Look for an interim final rule in October that will require “staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities” to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a press release by CMS.
Our understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has come a long way since General George Patton was reprimanded for assaulting “shellshocked” soldiers on two separate occasions in 1943. Neither of the hospitalized patients had physical wounds, which enraged Patton to the point he...
The medical staff must be integrally involved in the hospital strategic plan, and there must be close communication between the medical executive committee (MEC) and the governing board. Therefore, the MEC may want to discuss strategic initiatives or strategic opportunities and challenges...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 9
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (the "Court") ruled that a physician’s claims against the health system and hospital that employed him did not stand up because they stemmed from protected peer review activities.
