Orthopedics and plastic surgery top the list of highest paid specialties

May 19, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Leadership Insight, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Physician Employment

Last week, Medscape released its annual Physician Compensation Report for 2020. The report’s data was collected prior to February 10, 2020 and...

How should the medical staff address leaves of absence in the bylaws?

May 19, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Physician Employment

Requests for leaves of absence have become more common in recent years, and it is important for medical staffs to have clear policies regarding...

Write clear employment contracts

May 4, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Leadership Insight, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Physician Employment

If organizations merely address legalities in their contracts with physicians and fail to define expectations, they almost guarantee that the...

Hospitalist orientation guides

April 28, 2020
Sample Forms
Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Physician Employment

Make sure that you are covering all of the bases in your orientation program: Use comprehensive checklists detailing new hospitalists’ first days on the job. They should be specific, down to the detail of naming the individual who will tour the new physician through the facility on day one, for...

Hospitalist retention survey

April 28, 2020
Sample Forms
Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Physician Employment

This sample form is used for surveying new hospitalists. This form may be administered to the new hospitalists by the hospitalist program director, medical director, or other appropriate medical staff leader in a one-on-one meeting approximately six to 10 weeks after the physician’s start date...

Retention and orientation: Hospitalists

April 28, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29 Issue 5
Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Physician Employment

The job postings in hospitalist-targeted publications provide ample anecdotal evidence that the demand for hospitalists outweighs the supply. As a...

Pathways to Success: Risk performance track considerations

March 24, 2020
Sample Forms
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Ambulatory Care, Physician Employment

Significant changes have been made in several areas for ACOs preparing to enter Pathways to Success tracks.

    Gearing up for risk: The role of infrastructure, staffing, and culture

    March 24, 2020
    Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 30 Issue 3
    Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Ambulatory Care, Leadership Insight, Physician Employment

    Healthcare providers are taking on increased risk under accountable care models like the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...

    Understanding leaves of absence

    December 8, 2019
    Credentialing Resource Center Digest
    Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Services Department, Physician Employment, Privileging

    Medical staff policies generally allow a medical staff member to obtain, for good cause, a voluntary leave of absence (LOA). However, a...

    Employed physicians: Managing poor performance

    November 4, 2019
    Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28 Issue 11
    Physician Employment, Quality

    All practitioners—employed or not—are to be held to the same minimally defined medical staff standards for clinical care, professionalism,...

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