Although CMS has now substantially limited the ability of a hospital to establish provider-based (PB) locations, they have been extremely popular over the past few years because they allow a hospital to bill for services as if they were provided at the main hospital building (i.e., each service...
An ACGME task force recently issued recommendations regarding changes to its Common Program Requirements regarding duty hours. A public comment period is now underway. A key part of the recommendations propose greater flexibility in resident work hours as generally tested in the Flexibility in...
CRC wants to know: What will 2017 hold for MSPs and medical staff leaders? Send your professional aspirations, inspirations, predictions, plans, and advice for the year ahead to Editor Delaney Rebernik at drebernik@hcpro.com, and you could see...
Consider whether a performance deficiency should be handled as a medical staff issue or an employment issue. The employed physician might argue that clinical and behavioral issues should be handled through the medical staff bylaws, which guarantee extensive due process. Handling a physician...
A new California law lifts a century-old ban on direct physician employment and aims to end a “doctor desert” among the smallest and most remote hospitals.
