The healthcare sector is experiencing a wave of consolidations with a significant uptick in hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions....Read More »
To ensure that the credentials committee benefits from interested, experienced, and knowledgeable members, the members of the credentials...Read More »
Medical staff bylaws should address how to manage conflicts of interest once disclosed or otherwise determined—a critical, but often overlooked,...Read More »
This is the latest in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, Greeley and Williams...Read More »
Employed practitioners must comply with HR policies, such as those surrounding orientation, patient safety, and risk management. Such requirements...Read More »
Increasingly, organizations are implementing policies for evaluating older members of the medical staff—often for practitioners at age 70, or...Read More »
Privileges are permissions that have been granted to a physician or other licensed independent practitioner to provide specific patient care...Read More »
The past few years have seen an extraordinary rise in telehealth services as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift toward virtual care. With...Read More »
In May, the Biden-Harris administration announced the end of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for CMS-certified facilities, which had been...Read More »
CMS has officially retired the requirements for healthcare staff vaccination against COVID-19 and has told surveyors to no longer review its...Read More »
