After resigning from Disjointed Hospital following her nine-month traumatic employment process, Dr. Young seeks employment at Coordinated Hospital. On her first visit, the physician recruiter informs her that some background information will be verified by the medical staff services department (...
Peer review can be as simple or as complex a process as the organization makes it. But it is a process, and like any other process, it should be clearly delineated in a policy that is objective and applied equally. If emotions can run high concerning the proctoring of a physician's privileges,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 34
Police have arrested a Staten Island man on charges that he posed as a clinical psychologist and treated more than 100 patients over the course of three years. Donald R. Lee-Edwards faces several charges, including criminal sale of controlled substances, identity theft, and criminal...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 34
A new AMA report examined how non-solo physicians were being paid and found that just over half received compensation by multiple methods. Of those methods, salary and productivity-based payments were the most common with 61% and 53.5% respectively.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 34
"Did it ever occur to some of today’s physicians that many people work awfully hard and complain a lot less than they do about 'burnout' and 'work-life balance'?"
- Karen Sibert, MD, criticizes programs that help physicians manage their work-life balance in a post on...
