In 2014, CMS updated key provisions of its medical staff Conditions of Participation, reversing itself on two elements. The final rule now allows multihospital systems to have one unified, integrated medical staff and hospital governing boards need not have medical staff as members. The final...
Medical staff governing documents must articulate the standards that practitioners must meet to qualify for medical staff membership/privileges....Read More »
References to red flags are rife in the medical staff arena. Loss of licensure, significant malpractice activity, poor clinical references, and...Read More »
The latest addition to St. Jude Medical Center's psychiatry department isn't your run-of-the-mill medical staff recruit. Standing four feet tall...Read More »
If your organization is struggling with where to place a practitioner in one of your medical staff categories, you either have too few or too many...Read More »
Your facility’s medical staff bylaws or policies must outline the process for access to the credentials file. The credentials file is the property...Read More »
Most medical staffs and healthcare organizations have found it challenging to find physicians willing and available to proctor colleagues. In...Read More »
Although it seems like the better option from a bookkeeping standpoint, revising all of your bylaws at once can cause an uproar and pushback from...Read More »
