Work-product privilege is a type of peer review protection law that prevents information associated with the peer review process from being discovered in court. This protection is based on the idea that physicians won’t candidly discuss a colleague’s shortcomings if their statements later could be discovered in judicial proceedings.

Private equity firms have made an impact on the world of healthcare by edging into the physician practice space through an increasing number of acquisitions primarily centered on specialty areas with potential for additional income. In 2017, 102 physician practices were purchased by private equity firms, according to a Weill Cornell Medicine study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday afternoon.

This sample evaluation form will help you track the performance of your hospitalists and assist you in meeting your peer review/OPPE requirements.

Peer review is an essential activity that must apply to both employed and independent members of a medical staff. Yet many physician leaders and MSPs struggle when it comes to peer review and their employed physicians.

The California Fourth District Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a Superior Court of Orange County decision finding that the defendants failed to provide any evidence that a department chair’s statements were made in connection to the hospital’s peer review process.

Now that 2018 has officially come to a close, many people are taking the time to look back on the past year, particularly as they begin to set goals for the coming one. The medical staff services department and MSPs are certainly no exception. Medical Staff Briefing spoke with several MSPs who graciously shared some of their greatest achievements and their most difficult challenges in the past year. They also discussed with MSB their aspirations for 2019 and their advice for new MSPs.

Following a complete, compliant, and risk-adverse initial credentialing and privileging process protects patients, the organizations, practitioners, and even the MSP. However, MSPs often field requests or feel pressure from physician leaders or administrators to skirt the full credentialing process in order to bring a practitioner on board more quickly.

If you haven’t registered for the 2019 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium yet, time is running out to take advantage of the early bird rate. Register by Friday, January 11, and pay just $895 for three days of valuable education and training with leading credentialing and medical staff experts. CRC members save an additional $100, so you can register this week for only $795. Click here to register.