Medical Staff Services Department

For MSPs, starting a new job means learning a new set of medical staff bylaws and processes, finding the way around a new facility,...Read More »

There is no magic formula to help hospitals determine which leaders to compensate and how much. One facility could compensate the...Read More »

I’m sitting in my office, head in one hand, mocha in the other, trying to fulfill the request for privileging criteria, P&P, and an...Read More »

After breathing a sigh of relief that your survey is over and before starting preparations for the next one, it’s important for the medical staff...Read More »

As a medical staff leader or MSP, at some point during your career, you will inevitably find yourself standing in front of a crowd delivering a...Read More »

Many medical staff and hospital leaders believe that employment is a panacea for misaligned incentives that currently characterize physician-...Read More »

I can’t believe I have been in this profession for more than two decades! Over the years, I have received a lot of advice, some good, some funny,...Read More »

Knowing where your medical staff services department (MSSD) will be in five years is just as important as knowing where it’s been. Experience...Read More »

Medical staffs with aging members are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, they are obligated to protect patients from the harm...Read More »

Since the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in October 2009 that it will no longer pay for inpatient or outpatient...Read More »