The real challenge on the outpatient side comes when we try to apply the principles of inpatient privileging to the ambulatory world. Many organizations have only a vague idea of what clinical activity is going on in physician office practices
Part 8: Bylaws and employment agreements--perfect together?
Are employed physicians held to the standards of the medical staff bylaws? Where does an employment contract fit into this situation? William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, tackles this challenging issue.
Physicians who are riled up about Maintenance of Certification (MOC) may bring this issue to the attention of their medical staff and board, arguing for changes to board certification requirements at the hospital, says Todd Sagin, MD, JD. Therefore, it is worthwhile for MSPs and medical staff...
Are pre-applications necessary? Are organizations still using them? Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, discuss the pros and cons of preapplications.
Granting temporary privileges and using locum tenens physicians without fully verifying their credentials verification can put healthcare organizations and their patients in danger--clinically and legally.
At the 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium held April 7-8 in Orlando,...
Education. Support. Guidance. These are all words you hope physicians use to describe their tenure as medical staff leaders. Admittedly, it can be easier said than done to support medical staff leaders when the daily grind of medical staff services or clinical practice eats up the majority of...
