Proactive recruitment means finding physicians on the medical staff who have the ability to lead but whose talents may not have come to the notice of others. Using surveys is one tool to ferret out potential leaders. Questionnaires distributed to the entire medical staff at periodic intervals...
The traditional arrangement when a physician applies for clinical privileges at a health system is that the medical staff services department collects information from multiple sources to verify the physician’s current competence specifically related to the privileges requested. Then the medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 6
Employing physicians can have many benefits for both physicians and organizations, which is why this option is becoming more popular. But have you thought about how it can also benefit patients and care as well? However, before your organization can achieve patient, staff, and physician...
Requests for leaves of absence have become more common in recent years, and it is important for medical staffs to have clear policies regarding their use. A member of the medical staff may request a leave of absence for personal reasons (e.g., the birth of a child, illness of a family member,...
Last week, Medscape released its annual Physician Compensation Report for 2020. The report’s data was collected prior to February 10, 2020 and therefore reflects physician income before the United States’ COVID-19 crisis. However, according to the report, practices have seen, on average, a 55%...
If organizations merely address legalities in their contracts with physicians and fail to define expectations, they almost guarantee that the physician employment contract is only worth the paper that it is written on. In the contract, the employer must reinforce the behaviors it expects of...