The city of Manteca, California (population 71,900), some 70 miles east of San Francisco, has seen its share of economic shifts. Doctors Hospital of Manteca (DHM) has seen some changes over the years as well. Marla Terrell, CPMSM, the hospital's director of medical staff...
Is there a balance between confidential peer review and keeping administration informed of actions taken against employed physicians? William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, lays out your options.
What are the boards of healthcare organizations hearing about their role? No matter which conferences you attend or healthcare news you read, there are two major themes:
1. The board is accountable for quality of care, not just finance
Today's free resource is a sample form for creating an FPPE plan from Beebe Healthcare, a community hospital in Lewes, Delaware. Beebe’s policy allows concurrent OPPE and FPPE when an applicant is coming out of a residency program or another hospital with credentials that indicate he or she is...
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) quietly updated its guidelines last spring, and the changes have left many medical staff services departments wondering what—if anything—they must do differently. If your medical staff has questions, tune in to "FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How...
