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Issue 6, June 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Dissolving a department

  How is your medical staff broken down? Does your organization have a multitude of departments? Are...

• Locum tenens: Minimize risks by doing your homework

  Many organizations across the country make use of locum tenens, but the role and requirements for...

• When the RFNA is also an APN

  by Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, of Furci Associates, LLC, in West...

• Maximizing your interviewing skills

  by Kathleen Tafel, manager of medical affairs and professional credentialing at St. Clair Hospital...

• MS governance: Myths & ­misconceptions

  A tangled web is created by inappropriately intertwining stand-alone factors. Physician leaders...

Issue 5, May 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Delineation of privileges: An ever-moving target

  Delineation of privileges is one of those evergreen battles in the world of medical staff...

• Proctoring, FPPE, and the notification process

  Since The Joint Commission launched the FPPE concept and the related OPPE, hospitals have struggled...

• NAMSS announces primary source verification database

  The National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) has announced the launch of its NAMSS...

• The CRNA and the medical staff office

  Editor's note: This is the fourth and final article in MSB's allied health practitioner series by...

• MS governance: Myths & misconceptions

  by William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE

Issue 4, April 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Disaster privileges after superstorm

  Every few months over the past several years, different regions of the country have been blasted by...

• ED call lists and cardiology

  What happens when you are creating your ED call lists and one specialty requests to be able to pick...

• Joint Commission survey looks at MS.01.01.01, OPPE, and FPPE

  The Joint Commission was scheduled, on paper, to arrive in first quarter 2013-which was why, in...

• The RNFA: Understanding the role and scope for appropriate credentialing

  by Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., and Samuel J. Furci, MPA, principals at Furci Associates, LLC...

• MS governance myth #4: MEC advocacy

  by William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE

Issue 3, March 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Study offers insight into patients' reactions to disclosure and resolution programs

  Hospitals might assume that a generous compensation offer will reduce the likelihood that an...

• Listening is a key skill for any mentor or medical staff leader

  "Physicians don't learn that in medical school." That can be said for administrative...

• SHM opens fellowship doors to NPs, PAs, and practice administrators

  In November, 2012, the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) announced that it now offers fellowship...

• AMA publishes guidelines for physician employment

  Physician employment has been a growing trend for years, yet physicians, hospitals, and health...

• Mid-level providers: Distinctions that make a difference

  by Samuel J. Furci, MPA, and Patricia A. Furci, RN, MA, Esq., principals at Furci Associates, LLC...

• MS governance: Myths & misconceptions

  by William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, chief medical quality officer at Pocono Health System in East...

Issue 2, February 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Avoid steep Stark Law and anti-kickback statute penalties with education and documentation

  Although the Stark Law and federal anti-kickback ­statute have been around longer than many of...

• Adding clinicians to the medical staff department can improve the privileging process and streamline responsibilities

  Medical staff services isn't what it used to be, and no MSP would argue with that. What was once an...

• The medical staff's guide for legal issues surrounding FPPE

  Although The Joint Commission and other ­regulators require institutions to have credentialing...

• Patient empowerment and engagement changes the traditional doctor-patient relationship

  Patients are becoming increasingly involved in their own care, often doing Internet research and...

• APPs: Distinctions that make a difference

  To keep up with today's complex privileging requirements, MSPs need to understand the growing roles...

• Medical staff governance: Myths & misconceptions

  Author's note: Over time, many medical staff governance decisions have become commonplace, even the...

Issue 1, January 1, 2013 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Minnesota court gives hospital thumbs-up to unilaterally amend medical staff bylaws

  On September 25, the State of Minnesota District Court, Fifth District, ruled that Avera Marshall...

• When credentialing nonmedical staff LIPs, who can order outpatient tests and treatments? Part 2

  In last month's Medical Staff Briefing, we discussed CMS' February 17, 2012, memorandum wherein new...

• OpenNotes project a winner among physicians and patients despite initial questions

  In May 2012, MSB reported on OpenNotes, a 12-month project that gives patients access to their...

• FSMB strives to eliminate barriers to telemedicine with third grant from HRSA

  The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has given the Federation of State Medical...

• MSB 2012 index

  The hospitalist program paradox: Solution or enabler? May, p. 12.

• Medical staff governance: Myths and misconceptions

  Author's note: Over time, many medical staff governance decisions have become commonplace, even the...