Bylaws should be carefully written to ensure that they can’t be changed casually, but also that amendments don’t face an unreasonable hurdle. This balancing act will be decided differently by various medical staffs. However the medical staff authorizes amendments to its bylaws, changes must be...
An organized medical staff requires governance in order to function. This sounds straightforward enough, but what does it have to do with credentialing? Medical staff membership, staff categories, privileging, credentialing, suspensions, fair hearing rights, MEC composition and function,...
The medical executive committee (MEC) interacts with many individuals and groups in the hospital. One of the most important relationships in terms of patient care is between the MEC and the general medical staff. The MEC ensures that the medical staff has good physicians through credentialing...
This is the third in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, we join Williams and Greeley as they discuss how to make your quality improvement process less punitive.
Does your medical executive committee suffer through long meetings, unproductive diatribes, filibusters, broken records (i.e., bringing up the same old issues and rehashing them over and over), and complaints from members that the meetings are just too long? If so, you may want to try a few of...
Platinum plus members can access the newest webinar in the Credentialing Resource Center library. Join HCPro Regulatory Specialist Teri Rice as she reviews Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) criteria, a new provider type that is a part of CMS' 2022 OPPS Final Rule to address the growing concern...
