This bylaws language is an excerpt from the Massachusetts Medical Society Model Medical Staff Bylaws pertaining to notice of NPDB reportability. It was shared with CRCJ by Libby A. Snelson, Esq., legal counsel for the Medical Staff, PLLC.
The 2020 MSP Salary Survey Report sheds light on urgent focuses, burgeoning functions, and emerging markets identified by medical staffmovers and shakers who keep their finger on the industry’s pulse. By using the trends detailed in this report to enrich their professional...
One way to determine future plans for low-volume practitioners is to ask them to complete an intended practice plan. This can be used for new applicants as well as at the time of reappointment. Utilization of this form is a quick way to establish the advanced practice practitioners' (APP)...
Every employer benefits from promoting and facilitating a healthy workplace. Yet in some industries, the need to maintain healthy workers goes beyond simply preserving productivity and morale.In such cases, employers may have legitimate business interests for mandating that certain at-risk staff...
We often confuse management with leadership, and the two can look very similar, especially when we have a manager who is also a skilled leader. Unfortunately, the two do not always appear side by side, and we may encounter managers who cannot lead as well as leaders who cannot...
Fitness, nutrition, sleep, and health. These important topics are often what drove many physicians to the field of medicine in the first place. Yet, ironically, it is difficult for physicians to nurture their own physical wellness on the path to becoming healers themselves. Use this sample...
The revenue cycle is made up of numerous functions spread across several departments. The following is an introduction to the department’s essential responsibilities.
Preregistration: The patient’s demographic information and occasionally some limited health history are...
Most states recognize a hospital’s duty to exercise reasonable care in granting privileges. Although the hospital is not automatically liable for a practitioner’s negligence, it can be held liable for negligent credentialing if the determination is made that a plaintiff’s injury would not have...
The onset of COVID-19 introduced significant credentialing challenges that healthcare organizations had not faced in prior emergency/disaster situations. What was different about the pandemic?
For one, it hit a large portion of the United States all at once; for another, it has lasted...
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) are state databases that track prescriptions for controlled substances. Both prescribers and pharmacists have access to PDMPs; in fact, pharmacists are required to enter filled prescriptions into PDMPs prior to dispensing, and in some states,...
