Most hospitals explicitly agree to indemnify medical staff members for performing peer review work on behalf of the institution. This indemnification covers the legal expenses of the proctor should he or she be named in a lawsuit, and it typically covers any judgment against the proctor as long...
As the governing documents of your medical staff, bylaws must not only meet your medical staff’s needs but also your hospital’s accreditor’s standards, and state and federal regulations.The...
Hospitals should allow advanced practice professionals (APP) the right to dispute any action that revokes, suspends, terminates, restricts, or reduces the clinical privileges that they’ve been granted, unless the action corresponds to the privileges of an entire APP classification.
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.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
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.
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...
