From food to reflection to raffles to more food, MSPs across the country have made this year’s National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week a memorable one. Read their stories.

Come join us at the 2017 CRC Symposium in Austin, Texas, for engaging education and training. And after the sessions are done, take some time to enjoy everything the city has to offer. Did you know the greater Austin area is home to an array of excellent, breweries, vineyards, and distilleries? Whatever you’re drink of choice, there’s sure to be a place just right for you.

The total median compensation for physicians in leadership roles this year is $350,000, according to Cejka Executive Search’s 2016 Physician Leadership Compensation Survey. This represents an 8% gain from the previous survey in 2013.

"I just couldn't recruit anyone to come to Connecticut."

- State Rep. Prasad Srinivasan, MD, discusses how the state's medical malpractice laws make it difficult to recruit and retain new physicians.

Professional recognition and advancement opportunities are keys to maintaining a productive, engaged workforce—not to mention major emphases of National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week. Today’s free resource is documentation for an MSP career ladder program, courtesy of Barbara Warstler, MBA, CPMSM, director of medical staff services and credentialing at University Hospitals (UH) in Cleveland.

This Medical Staff Services Awareness Week it’s important to remind those outside the profession of all the important work MSPs do every day. For example, while credentialing and privileging might be considered job one for MSPs, the medical staff office is more involved in quality and peer review processes than ever before.

Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent headlines from across the country.

The Credentialing Resource Center website is sporting a sleek new look, an assortment of upgraded and expanded membership benefits, and a robust publishing model for our signature news and analysis. Watch our complimentary demo for the inside scoop on the new and improved CRC. Click here to register.

Happy National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week! HCPro is joining in the festivities with exclusive discounts for the hardworking professionals at the heart of patient safety and quality care.

This week only, customers get 20% off any HCPro medical staff book, handbook, or new subscription to the Credentialing Resource Center. Start shopping at www.hcmarketplace.com/subject/medical-staff, and apply the code MSPWEEK2016 at checkout.

Development of The Credentialing and Privileging Toolbox is underway! The 2017 title will feature first-class, field-sourced credentialing and privileging resources, along with expert commentary on what makes them so great. Think The OPPE Toolbox and The FPPE Toolbox but with practitioner vetting–focused tools.

Enter our contests for outstanding MSPs and medical staff leaders.