Dozens of physicians among healthcare workers charged for writing illegal opioid prescriptions

May 20, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 5
Credentialing, Legal Considerations, Quality

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

Considering secure telehealth communication options

May 14, 2019
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 29 Issue 5
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations

As telehealth expands and technology improves, there are an increasing number of options for communication between healthcare providers and...

VHA hired practitioners with adverse actions

April 29, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 4
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures

Plus, hospital employees fired for accessing actor’s medical records, senators ask for old privacy regulation to be removed, and Match results...

Utah supreme court: Bad faith exception applies only to liability, not discovery of peer review documents

April 22, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 4
Legal Considerations, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE

The Supreme Court of Utah (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s decision that there is no exception to the non-discoverability of privileged...

Understand the options for collegial intervention

April 18, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Daily
Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures

Collegial intervention is an administrative attempt to resolve issues informally, rather than go down the road of formal corrective action, which...

The aftermath of the Christopher Duntsch case

April 10, 2019
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 29 Issue 4
Credentialing, Legal Considerations, Privileging, Quality

As news of Christopher Duntsch’s botched surgeries broke and the public began to realize the catastrophic proportions of this disaster, it became...

Review the corrective action and fair hearing sections of your bylaws for these common mistakes

April 8, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 4
Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Procedures

The corrective action, summary suspension, and fair hearing processes are high-stakes proceedings and extremely stressful for all involved....

Sample bylaw language: What constitutes grounds for a fair hearing

April 8, 2019
Sample Forms
Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Procedures

The process of a hearing following the MEC’s recommendation for corrective action is an important right that must be spelled out in the bylaws. It is essential that this section of the bylaws is carefully thought out, drafted with precision, and kept in strict compliance with the minimum...

Whistleblower hospital president suing health system

April 2, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Daily
Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance

A physician and former hospital president is suing Tenet Healthcare and Detroit Medical Center (DMC). Ted Schreiber, MD, claims he was forced out...

Heard this week

April 2, 2019
Credentialing Resource Center Daily
Credentialing, Legal Considerations

“It’s not that we’re a bunch of Luddites who don’t know how to use technology."

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