If a hospital uses robotic surgical devices, such as the da Vinci Surgical System, chances are the community knows about it. Unlike other medical devices that aren’t household names, robotic surgical systems are directly advertised to the public as providing less-invasive techniques with a...
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sparked confusion in the MSSD with a new regulation aimed at the verification of legal status: Transmittal 323.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 17
As the popularity of social networking sites skyrockets and more patients use the Internet to research everything from their symptoms to a local hospital’s quality scores, physicians are faced with some serious ethical dilemmas.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 17
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 16
The credentials committee and medical executive committee recommend membership qualifications and privileging criteria, which are then approved by the governing board. Once the board approves the criteria, write them into the medical staff bylaws, policies, and clinical privilege forms, as...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 16
After determining how much to pay a medical staff leader, the next question to ask is who should fund the stipend—the medical staff, hospital administration, or both? Traditionally, hospital administration has funded the stipend because it wants to ensure that the medical staff has leaders who...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 16
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, and other important...
