Is there a balance between confidential peer review and keeping administration informed of actions taken against employed physicians? William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, lays out your options.
After resigning from Disjointed Hospital following her nine-month traumatic employment process, Dr. Young seeks employment at Coordinated Hospital. On her first visit, the physician recruiter informs her that some background information will be verified by the medical staff services department (...
The ease of your credentialing process will either attract physicians or send them running, says William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE. The structure of separate departments for physician recruiting, human resources, physician practice management, medical staff services, and physician...
After a year of looking for a general/vascular surgeon, the physician recruiting department (reporting to human resources) has signed, sealed, and delivered a candidate: Dr. Star. They inform the medical staff services department (MSSD) (reporting to the chief medical officer [CMO]) that this...
If you are struggling with challenges around the intersection of employed physicians and the organized medical staff, you are far from being alone. Every day, many organizations have to deal with fundamental questions about basic processes such as credentialing, privileging, proctoring, peer...
The trend in recent years has seen hospitals and healthcare systems acquiring practices and employing more physicians. According to a 2014 survey conducted by healthcare staffing company Jackson Healthcare, 20% of primary care physicians were employed by a hospital. This percentage was twice as...
