Effective meetings rely on a well-planned agenda. Standing meetings often include the same agenda items each month, which aids the planning process; any follow-up from previous meetings should also be included. The chair of each committee must sign off on the agenda prior to each scheduled...
Most medical staff bylaws contain a provision concerning the categories into which the medical staff will be divided. In fact, many medical staffs have created an unnecessarily complex array of categories. Many of these categories were created 20–30 years ago as medical staffs tried to...
The president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association is lobbying state lawmakers to fund more residency positions. Larry Bookman, MD, says that increasing the number of residencies in the state will hopefully increase the number of physicians practicing in the state.
“There’s an...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
A Massachusetts District Court (the “Court”) denied the motion to dismiss put forth by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, and Partners Healthcare System (collectively, “Defendants”). Defendants based the motion on the plaintiff’s failure to state...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
Plus, anesthesiologist billed $7 million for fraudulent telemedicine services, nurses in Tennessee fight for less physician oversight, and District Court in Oregon approves $74 million settlement after Premera Blue Cross breach. Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare...
This past July, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine unanimously passed two new rules aimed at further regulating overlapping surgeries to optimize patient safety in the operating room. As defined by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, overlapping surgery, sometimes...