Facilities seeking competency data may need to amend their policies or medical staff bylaws. These samples can be customized for most facilities,...Read More »
Should leadership "manage loose," allowing as much autonomy as possible among medical staff members, or "manage tight," with strict oversight of...Read More »
New medical staff leaders often have questions about credentialing and privileging. Recently, Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, and Mary Hoppa, MD,...Read More »
In addition to requiring competency information from practitioners, organizations should develop a policy and procedures specifying which data...Read More »
A hospital may require an application to submit a written request or complete a pre-application, although many medical staffs have discontinued...Read More »
The federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) was passed by Congress to extend immunity to good faith peer review of physicians...Read More »
