Temporary privileges may be granted for up to 120 calendar days when a practitioner applying for medical staff membership and/or privileges is waiting for review and recommendation by the medical executive committee and approval from the board. To receive temporary privileges under these...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 19
A recent California Supreme Court ruling limits the role of the hearing officer after a non-physician fair hearing officer single handedly dismissed a doctor’s case for not cooperating with the fair hearing process in 2003.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 19
When reviewing bylaws, I often see confusion regarding emergency and disaster privileges. Many medical staffs interpret disasters as emergencies—which can be true— and consider disaster privileges as interchangeable with emergency privileges—which is false.
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 18
A report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) estimates that half of all medical research conducted in the United States is financed through corporations. Therefore, the IOM urges...
