Although in many hospitals, complaints or concerns regarding physicians go to the quality committee and then the peer review committee (if need be), in some hospitals, the CMO screens all peer review cases. If this is the case at your facility, the medical executive committee (MEC) should review...
As the March 31 deadline approaches for implementing the changes brought about by the final version of Joint Commission standard MS.01.01.01, one question hangs in the air: Are you ready?
As more physicians seek employment and contracting opportunities, hospitals are forced to navigate what can feel like uncharted waters. Some hospitals are still reeling from the mistakes they made in the '90s when they gobbled up physician practices only to cough them back up...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 8
Those first few days and weeks are critical, so it’s important to plan your orientation such that new hospitalists aren’t forced to dive headfirst into the deep end on their first day.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 8
In reaction to concerns that accountable care organizations (ACOs) may put private practice physicians out of business, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in an interview with MedPage Today that ACOs don’t have to include hospitals. Rather than being dominated by...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 8
Gainsharing is an approach in which a specific group of physicians does something that creates financial savings for a hospital, and the hospital shares a portion of those savings with the physicians.
