What if the employment agreement doesn't have co-terminus language about termination/privileges? How does the medical staff services department (MSSD) terminate the physician's privileges? If there is no co-terminus language, the formerly employed physician will retain medical staff membership...
"[B]eing a good clinician doesn’t make someone qualified to be a leader. Advertising to people that you’re a good team player doesn’t make you a good team player."
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently revoked the tax-exempt status of a general acute care hospital. Although most of the hospital’s identifiers were redacted from the IRS’s adverse determination letter, it remains evident that the hospital entered into a lease agreement with a for-profit...
File review is another area where the CVO regularly collaborates with medical staff services personnel…This team reviews verified documents against applications to clarify any discrepancies to identify red flags to be carefully scrutinized by medical staff leaders when making privileging...
Upset by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) requirements for Maintenance of Certification, Paul Teirstein, MD, chief of cardiology for Scripps Clinic in San Diego, decided to find a solution for his frustration. In 2015, Teirstein founded the National Board of...
If you believe half of what you read, just north of 50% of physicians nationwide, on average, are suffering from burnout. When they hear this, many medical staff leaders react by saying there is probably some burnout in their facilities, but it is not that high.
