The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requires medical staff bylaws to address who can perform the history and physical examination and...Read More »
CMS requires that medical staffs have a policy for fair hearing and appeal. An applicant or an individual holding a medical staff appointment is...Read More »
Medical staff leaders and board members need to understand that sidestepping the hospital bylaws or the written credentialing procedure will be...Read More »
Q: We are a system of multiple hospitals, and each has its own medical staff bylaws. Is it advisable to allow individual hospital medical...Read More »
Bylaws serve as the governing documents of the medical staff and must meet the hospital’s accreditor’s standards, state and federal regulations,...Read More »
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 »
