The Fifth District Appellate Court of Florida (the “Court”) recently upheld a trial court’s decision that a meeting of a hospital’s medical...Read More »
Bylaws are the legal framework on which a hospital or health system functions. Your facility’s bylaws cover all aspects of its operations, but...Read More »
Practitioner impairment threatens all levels of operation. If left unchecked, age, health, or behavioral issues on the medical staff can diminish...Read More »
Last time, we saw Dr. Young experience double jeopardy following a patient complaint. Her employer wrote her up and threatened to terminate her if...Read More »
While it's certainly not considered one of the perks of the job, at some point during their careers physician leaders and MSPs will have to deal...Read More »
CMS allows a hospital system to have a unified medical staff made up of all the individual hospitals in the system. The Joint Commission takes the...Read More »
Your medical staff governance documents may fail to provide clear guidance, be noncompliant with accreditation standards, or create liability for...Read More »