In the past year, a number of legal cases have allowed physicians to challenge long-standing policies and decision-making by hospitals. MSPs and physician leaders need to be educated on the legal issues that arise from their everyday tasks and know how to avoid exposure to...
On September 25, the State of Minnesota District Court, Fifth District, ruled that Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center's medical staff bylaws are not a binding contract between the medical staff and hospital administration and that the administration can unilaterally amend...
In last month's Medical Staff Briefing, we discussed CMS' February 17, 2012, memorandum wherein new guidance language was provided in regard to a change to the Conditions of Participation and Interpretative Guidelines under Transmittal 72. The memorandum outlined...
The California Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District, reversed a trial court decision and held that a hospital's institutional review board (IRB) is a medical staff committee and is therefore exempt from discovery under California's statutes.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has given the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) a third grant to continue its work to improve license portability and reduce regulatory barriers to telemedicine.
