Quick Tip Do employed physicians automatically lose clinical privileges if they are terminated? As more physicians become employed by hospitals, questions arise about how/if employment effects medical staff processes. For example, does an employment agreement supersede medical staff governance documents? Are employed physicians subject to medical staff peer review? The answers to these questions all require open lines of communication between the employer, medical staff, and employed physician.
In today’s quick tip, author William K. Cors, MD, MMM, CPE, FAAPL, addresses the relationship between an employment agreement and clinical privileges. Your organization must decide if it will include co-terminus language regarding employment and privileges. This means that if the physician is terminated, he or she automatically loses medical staff membership/clinical privileges. Did you know that, if not addressed properly in the employment agreement, even if an employed physician is terminated by his or her employer, the physician could retain clinical privileges at your organization? This may not be a bad thing, but your medical staff services department and the employer must be aware that this agreement exists.
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