The Joint Commission’s time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care, treatment, and services has been updated from...Read More »
How does your medical staff team handle a situation in which a physician with documented red flags resigns during an investigation or prior to an...Read More »
Who can be a credentials committee member? CMS and accrediting bodies only refer to the general function of a credentials committee. They do not...Read More »
By having your medical staff members fill out a conflict of interest disclosure form every year, the medical staff will be kept abreast of any...Read More »
Medical staff policies are intended to strengthen a hospital or health system by describing preferred practices, setting practitioner and staff...Read More »
According to CMS, privileges are not to be granted for tasks/procedures/activities that are not conducted within the hospital—regardless of the...Read More »
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system designed to enhance the data available to...Read More »
There should be very few times when a medical staff needs to deny an application for privileges. For the most part, the physician and other LIP...Read More »
Medical staffs have various documents that address how they self-govern themselves. All medical staffs are required to have medical staff bylaws....Read More »