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 performance concern as an employment issue may deprive the physician of the checks and balances available through the medical staff bylaws.

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.

The CRC homepage is sporting a brand-new polling feature. Our first question asks site visitors for their take on which verbiage best represents those in the MSP profession: “medical staff professional” or “medical services professional.”

Click here to access the poll directly. You must be signed in with your free or paid CRC account to participate.

Have a hot medical staff or credentialing topic you’d like your peers to weigh in on? Send question and topic proposals to CRC Editor Delaney Rebernik at drebernik@hcpro.com, and you could see your idea showcased in a future poll.

The modern MSP’s influence spans more functions, facilities, and settings than ever before. Gain unparalleled insight into the evolving profession with the 2016 MSP Salary Survey Special Report.

Featuring data from nearly 1,000 respondents, this special report is jam-packed with professional statistics, expert input, and prescriptive guidance for leveraging survey findings in the field. Key elements include:

• Telling stats and incisive analysis organized into three professional focuses. Trace trends in compensation, job duties, and professional development.
• Deep dives into the data that matter most. More than 50 graphs, tables, and special features look at key professional experiences from a variety of angles. Peruse salary ranges broken down by title, education, certification, and setting. Pinpoint common ratios of credentialed practitioners to full-time MSPs. Learn which positions may call for additional education or a new professional certification.
• Three years’ worth of comparative data. See 2014–2016 Salary Survey trends in compensation, credentialing volumes, certification, education, accreditation, and more.
• Practical applications for key findings. Come away with concrete strategies for advancing career goals, propelling compensation conversations, and advocating for the medical staff services profession.

Use this report to:

• See how your experiences stack up against those of MSPs in similar professional circumstances.
• Make the case for additional resources or compensation.
• Identify, refocus, or advance professional goals.
• Educate stakeholders within and beyond the profession on the integral role MSPs play in patient safety, quality care, risk management, and other essential healthcare functions.

Credentialing Resource Center members receive the 2016 MSP Salary Survey Special Report as a complimentary membership benefit. Not a CRC member? Click here to purchase the report.

The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) Symposium has long been among the most anticipated industry events of the year. But our team of first-class subject matter experts never stops dreaming up new ways to make the symposium even more memorable and applicable to MSPs’ and medical staff leaders’ important work. The 2017 CRC Symposium’s brand-new, can’t-miss features include: