Physician behavior issues can be complex and difficult to address. When a practitioner may have behaved outside of quality practice guidelines, there must be an investigation to...
CMS requires that medical staffs have a policy for fair hearing and appeal. An applicant or individual holding a medical staff appointment is entitled to request a hearing when an unfavorable recommendation is made regarding staff membership and/or privileges.
The roles and responsibilities of both the chair and the members of the credentials committee are laid out in the policies and procedures or the medical staff bylaws.
The medical executive committee (MEC) is the only medical staff committee that The Joint Commission requires accredited hospitals to have. Learn who should be on the committee and what they should be responsible for.
