Why should a medical staff establish methods for addressing conflicts of interest? It’s not as if turf wars can break out among specialists within the same medical staff. And no financial conflicts ever occur between a hospital and the physicians who practice there. And surely no personal...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 5
It’s a mild April morning. Dr. Smith, an accomplished surgeon, and Bill Loney, an affable—if absent-minded—general surgery practice manager, walk briskly down the halls of St. Elsewhere Medical Center, a far-off, yet somehow familiar, facility where Dr. Smith was recently hired. They pause...
A compliance code describes how the hospital intends to comply with laws and regulations by establishing requirements its staff must follow in their course of work. The hospital administrator or a dedicated compliance officer typically oversees the compliance code and relevant program.
In addition to employment, many organizations utilize a contract to better align and integrate the parties involved. Such contracts can run the gamut from a relatively simple agreement to interpret EKGs, to an exclusive contract with a cardiology group to provide all cardiac services at the...
This week, CRC Daily covers credentialing. Medical science is advancing with startling speed, and with that evolution comes rapid change in both clinical technology and technique. Patients can benefit vastly from such advances, but only if the practitioner utilizing them is competent....