MSPs: Resist pressures to shortcut credentialing

March 25, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Daily
Credentialing, Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Services Department

No matter how much you’ve streamlined processes and educated colleagues, someone will probably still ask you to ignore or skip parts of the...

CHS settles class-action lawsuit for data breach

March 25, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 3
Legal Considerations

Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent headlines from across the country.

Heard this week

March 19, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Daily
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations, Quality

"Simply put, it was morbid curiosity."

- A staff member from Northwestern Hospital says she was fired for improperly viewing Jussie...

District court: Self-critical analysis and peer review privileges not applicable to all cases

March 18, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 3
Legal Considerations, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE

The United States District Court of Maine (the “Court”) ruled in favor of a plaintiff seeking to compel a juvenile reformatory and the Maine...

Reflecting on the Christopher Duntsch case, three years later

March 6, 2019
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 29 Issue 3
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Credentialing, Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE, Quality

It has been two years since Christopher Duntsch, MD, was convicted of a felony count of injury to an elderly person and sentenced to life in...

Fair hearing and corrective action basics

March 4, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 3
Legal Considerations, Quality

The fair hearing is a culmination of several detailed processes that medical staff service departments must follow when addressing concerns about...

Sample Bylaws Language on Indemnification for Physicians Engaged in Peer Review

February 27, 2019
Sample Forms
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures

There is good protection for individuals who engage in peer review activities, including proctors, and one type of protection comes in the form of legal immunity from damages. This immunity is provided under federal law—the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA)—and it is often...

Heard this week at the CRC Symposium

February 26, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Daily
Legal Considerations, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE

“Doctors always want to heal. They want to know what’s wrong, and they want to fix it. Yet, they are not acting as a doctor when they sit on a...

Texas Appellate Court: Firing a partner is not a breach of contract if contract allows for termination without reason

February 25, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 2
Legal Considerations

The Fifth District Texas Court of Appeals at Dallas (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court decision ruling that a surgery center did not breach a...

A dozen state attorneys general file first-ever multistate data breach lawsuit

February 18, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 2
Legal Considerations

Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent headlines from across the country.

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