Following a fair and thorough investigation, the medical staff in your hospital has determined a physician has clinical performance issues and has...Read More »
According to the Federation of State Medical Board’s biennial census, there were nearly 1 million licensed physicians in the United States in 2018...Read More »
According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. is expected to experience a physician shortage of between 42,600 and 121,300...Read More »
An increasingly common mechanism is to establish a formal information-sharing agreement between the hospital medical staff and the employed physician group. These agreements allow the parties to recognize that patient safety and the effectiveness of their credentialing, privileging, and peer...
One very common clause in a physician employment agreement is “co-terminus” language, which addresses whether clinical privileges are tied to the...Read More »
According to the Merritt Hawkins 2019 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives, primary care physicians are extremely...Read More »
Per most states’ hospital licensure requirements, medical staff membership and clinical privileges are granted through processes outlined by the...Read More »
Most hospitals have one or more exclusive contracts with members of the medical staff to ensure round-the-clock coverage for a particular service. Physicians who find themselves ineligible to hold certain privileges as a result of an exclusive arrangement may sue the hospital. Therefore, medical...
New research shows that those with MD degrees are at higher risk of burnout than those with other professional or doctoral-level degrees,...Read More »
