Much of the data in the 2014 MSP Salary Survey is within a couple of percentage points of past years' results. However, some incremental changes point toward slightly higher salaries at the lower end of the pay scale, with relatively flat results across higher levels.
The "typical" day for an MSP isn't easy to tease out neatly. In trying to gauge how much time respondents spend on common duties, we enumerated the obvious: Most MSPs do not devote 100% of their time to any single task. However, if your day includes analyzing credentials files,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 7
Building a "smooth" relationship with medical staff leaders requires traditional skill sets, such as interpersonal and communication skills; organizational skills; knowledge of accreditation standards and state and federal laws; ability to implement plans and initiatives with little...
The 2014 MSP Salary Survey included additional questions related to administration and management in our continuing bid to get a better understanding of today's medical staff services department. The takeaway: Even as higher-level salaries seem to stay the course, the MSSD is performing far...
CMS' final rule allowing multihospital systems to have a "unified, integrated" medical staff goes into effect this month. As with other Condition of Participation (CoP) modifications, changes won't happen overnight, and the long-term ramifications for medical staffs aren't clear. Medical...
