It's been more than two decades since William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, teamed up with a vascular surgeon and four MSPs to develop a comprehensive set of medical staff bylaws in 90 days, but it's an experience he won't soon forget.
This series was designed to offer a guide to medical staff leaders, MSPs, and anyone else in an organization that is dealing with the fundamental shift in the relationship between medical staff and health system as the latter increasingly becomes the employer of choice for many physicians.
The Fifth District Appellate Court of Florida (the “Court”) recently upheld a trial court’s decision that a meeting of a hospital’s medical executive committee (MEC) was protected by the state’s peer review privilege. The Court also affirmed the trial court ruling that a related general medical...
This week’s quick tip comes from Credentialing A to Z, by Mary Long, CPMSM. When bylaws are revised, MSPs are usually charged with notifying the medical staff of the changes, documenting them, and knowing where the...
Bylaws are the legal framework on which a hospital or health system functions. Your facility’s bylaws cover all aspects of its operations, but your office is focused primarily on the medical staff bylaws. This week’s free resource comes from ...
Practitioner impairment threatens all levels of operation. If left unchecked, age, health, or behavioral issues on the medical staff can diminish care quality, incite legal trouble, and jeopardize the safety of the entire hospital community. As public scrutiny grows, hospitals must ensure their...
