Physician employment has been a growing trend for years, yet physicians, hospitals, and health systems alike are still ironing out wrinkles in employment agreements.
To a patient, whether a physician is employed by the hospital or practices independently makes no difference, but for the medical staff office, keeping track of who is employed and who isn't can be a pain in the neck. Employed physicians must follow a set of rules that don't...
At the beginning of 2012, New Mexico expanded its state laws regarding reporting settlements, judgments, adverse actions, and credentialing actions to the state medical board to include employed physicians.
Two-thirds of physicians are requesting to be employed by hospitals and health systems, according to the HealthLeaders Media report Physician Employment: The Collaborative Care Disconnect. Another HealthLeaders Media report, 2011 Physician-Hospital Alignment Survey, reveals...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 5
Medical staffs should include a provision in the bylaws stating that if there is a contractual arrangement between the hospital and any member of the medical staff, the terms of the contract take precedence over the bylaws, says Michael Callahan, an attorney at Katten Muchen Rosenman, LLP, in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 42
In 2001, only 3% of graduating residents were interested in hospital employment, according to a survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins & Associates. That number grew by 29% in the last 10 years. The most recent survey released by Merritt Hawkins found that 32% of graduating residents would...
