As the physician shortage increases, locum tenens physicians often are the saving grace of short-staffed hospitals. However, these traveling physicians come with their own unique set of risks that every medical staff leader and MSP should be aware of.
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sparked confusion in the MSSD with a new regulation aimed at the verification of legal status: Transmittal 323.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 17
As the popularity of social networking sites skyrockets and more patients use the Internet to research everything from their symptoms to a local hospital’s quality scores, physicians are faced with some serious ethical dilemmas.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 17
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...