The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) has no provision or requirement for an appellate review mechanism. However, if your...Read More »
When faced with a negligent credentialing claim, two priorities are paramount regarding documents in the hospital’s or healthcare entity’s...Read More »
One of the most important roles of a hospital’s organized medical staff is to evaluate practitioners’ credentials and make recommendations to the...Read More »
This series has emphasized time and again the need to be as clear as possible within each part of the fair hearing and due process section of your...Read More »
One of the first steps in keeping disruptive behavior out of your organization is to only appoint excellent physicians. The best predictor of...Read More »
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) enumerates components to ensure procedural fairness. The first principle of fairness...Read More »
Physicians may claim that the data used to carry out peer review is invalid. This is a claim that many medical staff leaders have heard. It is...Read More »
According to CMS, a hospital, “must have an effective governing body legally responsible for the conduct of the hospital as an institution. If a...Read More »
When addressing disruptive physician behavior, organizations must understand an often confusing phrase: zero tolerance. Many medical staffs are...Read More »