Much of the data in the 2014 MSP Salary Survey is within a couple of percentage points of past years' results. However, some incremental changes point toward slightly higher salaries at the lower end of the pay scale, with relatively flat results across higher levels.
CMS' final rule allowing multihospital systems to have a "unified, integrated" medical staff goes into effect this month. As with other Condition of Participation (CoP) modifications, changes won't happen overnight, and the long-term ramifications for medical staffs aren't clear. Medical...
The 2014 MSP Salary Survey included additional questions related to administration and management in our continuing bid to get a better understanding of today's medical staff services department. The takeaway: Even as higher-level salaries seem to stay the course, the MSSD is performing far...
Trying to get MSPs excited about their role in managing and tracking expirables is like trying to make a trip to the dentist sound like it will be fun. Actually, a trip to the dentist might be more exciting.
Medical inflation is expected to rise to 6.8% in 2015, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Hospitals paying more to acquire physician practices, and health IT integration investments for large-scale hospital integration and mergers, will play a major role in the increase...
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down Wisconsin’s bid to begin enforcing a state law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, while a legal fight over the law plays out in lower federal courts. A federal judge is weighing a challenge to the law from Parent...
