Last month, we tested medical staff leaders' peer review knowledge. This month's quiz focuses on leadership issues that any medical staff leader or physician executive should have a firm grasp on. Take this quiz to your next medical executive committee or general medical staff...
How should medical staff members who take the time to prepare and present continuing medical education (CME) be rewarded? There are several options, says Thomas Huth, MD, MBA, FACP, vice president of medical affairs at Reid Hospital & Health Care Services in Richmond...
During what some physicians may consider the "good old days," taking ED call was a way for physicians to generate revenue and drive business toward their private practices. However, changes to the way payers reimburse physicians and a rising number of under- and uninsured...
Last month, we discussed having a comprehensive communication plan that allows the medical staff to communicate with all of its members efficiently and effectively by color-coding correspondence. Although critical to the medical staff's relationship with its physicians, a...
For more than two decades, there has been a theme emerging as physician leaders face the challenge presented by divergent practices in reimbursement: Misaligned incentives seems to be the diagnosis.
Take this peer review quiz on your own or present it at the next peer review committee meeting to assess training needs and spur discussion. All questions are based on information provided in Medical Staff Briefing over the past year.
