In states where advanced practice professionals (APP) must practice under a physician’s tutelage, a collaborative or supervisory agreement may be required to delineate the nature of this relationship.
The specific contents and implicated parties of such agreements vary by state,...
Our topic for this column is one that is not often written about or focused on by various regulatory bodies. No one would argue that hospitals do not have their fair share of rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Hospitals regularly schedule ongoing reviews of medical staff bylaws,...
Although external peer review is seldom required in most organizations, it is nonetheless important to have a policy in place should the need arise. In many hospitals, the service line or department chair, medical staff quality committee (MSQC), or another designated group will make...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 6
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...