Dr. Young's husband is Dr. Primus, an employed primary care physician whose practice is 100% in an ambulatory setting affiliated with Coordinated Hospital. He has not set foot into Coordinated Hospital since the initial credentials meeting almost two years ago. Now, he is up for reappointment....
Physicians tend to be paid on a production basis (e.g., fee for service or work relative value units), and time away from seeing patients costs them money. In the past, physicians considered giving time to medical staff work a reasonable trade-off for the services the hospital provided them in...
Today’s free resource is a grid to help you decide whether practitioners are eligible for membership, clinical privileges, and what type of competency assessment is necessary. Several different types of practitioners will present before the credentials committee or medical executive committee...
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (the "Court") ordered a hospital to comply with a subpoena served by the U.S. government to produce documents relevant to an ongoing federal investigation.
In its decision, the Court followed the predominant view of federal...
This week’s tip comes from Credentialing A to Z. OPPE isn’t without its difficulties and having a physician with no activity in your facility is one of them. You are required to collect data for evaluation of all privileged providers so...
