Today’s medical staffs are far more complex than their predecessors. The growing diversity in practitioners’ specialties, affiliations, and...Read More »
How do you make OPPE and FPPE more than just an item on the regulatory compliance checklist? Although it has been 10 years since The Joint...Read More »
A time-management study based on the functions assigned to the medical staff office and the time it takes to perform each of those elements is a great tool for validating a request for additional staff. To determine exactly what tasks the medical staff office carries out on a daily basis, the...
Christopher Duntsch, MD, a former neurosurgeon convicted of a first degree felony for harming an elderly patient he operated on, will spend the...Read More »
As healthcare reform drives consolidation, integration, and value-based reimbursement, the modern MSP’s influence spans more functions, facilities...Read More »
Without a thorough credentialing process, medical staff leaders and MSPs may allow underqualified or undesirable practitioners to receive clinical privileges. Loss of licensure, significant malpractice activity, and poor clinical references are obvious targets of scrutiny. But what about the...
