This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 49
The Republicans are back in control of Congress. With a majority in the House, they have the ability to filibuster in the Senate. Speaker-to-be John Boehner has made no secret of his desire to kill Obamacare. He can’t get it repealed just yet, but he can prevent the appropriations needed to make...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
Almost every state has an association of medical staff services that, along with the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS), welcomes new members with open arms. Sometimes new MSPs choose to join their state associations before the national association because the state offers lower...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
If a group of physicians approached your hospital about doing an underarrangement, the hospital might immediately say no because underarrangements come prepackaged with negative legal consequences. However, the hospital might attempt to craft another kind of model that would obtain the same or...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
In an ideal world, the only people who know the reason for a physician’s leave of absence are the members of the physician health committee, the chief of staff, and the hospital CEO. “If more [people] than that know, you lose the trust, confidentiality, and advocacy that physicians expect,” says...