Medical Staff Leadership and Governance

Change can create great ­excitement and even greater fear. It is fair to say that tremendous changes are occurring in healthcare today, perhaps...Read More »

Drug testing upon employment is a fairly common practice across a ­variety of industries from blue collar manufacturing jobs to corporate...Read More »

The Court of Appeals of Iowa (the “Court”) reversed a lower court’s decision and ordered the Iowa Board of Medicine (the “Board”) to dismiss a...Read More »

Are you auditing your physicians to determine whether they actually show up to the CME programs that they attest to attending? If...Read More »

Given the rapidly changing healthcare environment, the role of physician leadership in driving change is of great importance....Read More »

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington (the “Court”) remanded a trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of a physician...Read More »

A tangled web is created by inappropriately intertwining stand-alone factors. Physician leaders must understand the difference between the...Read More »

How is your medical staff broken down? Does your organization have a multitude of departments? Are you limited to medical and...Read More »

One of the most common myths regarding medical staff governance is that only active staff can vote. The reality is there is no restriction as to...Read More »

A final rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has merged the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank and National...Read More »