Advances in healthcare delivery continue at an exponential speed. Technologies, procedures, and treatments that were not even dreamed of several years ago are now realities. It is certain that, as a medical staff leader, you will be faced with the inevitable request from one of your medical...
In many organizations, the board’s decision to approve or deny privileges marks the end of the new provider credentialing process for the MSP. However, this endpoint is changing as many hospitals integrate their medical staff services and provider enrollment functions into one department, says...
Some medical staffs include blank lines labeled “other” at the end of privilege request forms—but they shouldn’t. Including blank lines on privilege request forms encourages and invites applicants to add additional privileges that are not currently delineated on the forms and have not been...
Per most states’ hospital licensure requirements, medical staff membership and clinical privileges are granted through processes outlined by the hospital’s medical staff bylaws. Those bylaws define the requirements for staff membership and delineation of clinical privileges. They also provide...
As news of Christopher Duntsch’s botched surgeries broke and the public began to realize the catastrophic proportions of this disaster, it became clear that Duntsch would find himself in the legal arena. While people may have assumed that Duntsch would face civil actions, he also had his day in...
