Quick Tip | Resist pressure to rush-credential employed physicians | Fundamentally, there should be no difference between how employed practitioners and independent practitioners are credentialed. Verifying the information and evaluating current clinical competence should be the same regardless of whether the applicant internist is an employed hospitalist or an independent internist opening his or her own office. |
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New Content: Members Only | Reconcile medical staff conflicts of interest with strong bylaws | Published 6/14/17 Why should a medical staff establish methods for addressing conflicts of interest? It’s not as if turf wars can break out among specialists within the same medical staff. And no financial conflicts ever occur between a hospital and the physicians who practice there. And surely no personal disagreements would exist between two medical staff members. Oh no! How has any medical staff ever functioned without a conflict of interest process? |
Sample bylaws: Medical staff conflicts of interest | Published 6/14/17 Many medical staffs fail to screen for conflicts of interest in their decision-making processes, despite the need to ensure clinical decisions are made for the betterment of patient care, rather than for fame, glory, or the bottom line. Joint Commission standard LD.04.02.01 states that conflicts of interest involving leaders must be disclosed according to the hospital’s defined method. |
Contract service compliance | Published 6/12/17 For healthcare organizations, the provision of contract services continues to evolve. Traditionally, it was common to find hospitals contracting for housekeeping and food services. Today, given the increasing pressure on hospitals for financial viability and the advent of telehealth, it is not uncommon to find hospitals contracting for a multitude of clinical services. A survey on healthcare outsourcing conducted by Waller, a Nashville-based law firm, noted the top five outsourced patient care services in 2012 were those related to anesthesia, ED, dialysis services, diagnostic imaging, and hospitalist care. In comparison, in 2006, the top five outsourced clinical services were dialysis services, sleep disorders, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, and physical therapy. |
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