The Greeley Company Guide to Medical Staff Bylaws
Author: Todd Sagin
Publisher: HC Pro, Inc.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 157839774X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Todd Sagin
Publisher: HC Pro, Inc.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 157839774X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Joseph D. Cooper
Publisher: HC Pro, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 1601462336
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mary J. Hoppa
Publisher: Hcpro Incorporated
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781601467850
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rev. ed. of: Greeley guide to medical staff by laws / Joseph D. Cooper. c2008. 2nd ed.
Author: Mary J. Hoppa
Publisher: Hcpro Incorporated
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781615691524
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rev. ed. of: Greeley guide to medical staff by laws / Joseph D. Cooper. c2008. 2nd ed.
Author: Mary J. Hoppa
Publisher: Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781615692934
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Go beyond regulatory compliance with this medical staff bylaws reference guide Pre-order your copy today Bylaws serve as the governing documents of the medical staff. Bylaws must meet the hospital's accreditor's standards, state and federal regulations, and the needs of the hospital's medical staff. The Guide to Medical Staff Bylaws offers tips for writing bylaws and actual sample language that complies with Joint Commission, DNV, HFAP, and/or CMS standards. Mary J. Hoppa, MD, MBA, offers guidance on implementing accreditor's standards and advice on getting physicians to buy into the importance of following medical staff bylaws. This guide goes beyond just providing sample language; it explains the importance of the bylaw and what it means for your organization to ensure compliance. Medical staff bylaws that meet accreditors' and your practitioners' standards Ensure your bylaws meet accreditor's standards and embody the culture of your medical staff. This book will help you: Create bylaws language that complies with CMS requirements Save time and cost of researching compliant language Identify sections of your bylaws in need of update or modification Assess and track bylaws compliance Ensure effective clinical governance by eliminating unnecessary and confusing language from the bylaws Gain practitioner buy-in to bylaws
Author: American Medical Association. Office of the General Counsel. Organized Medical Staff Services
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William K. Cors
Publisher: HC Pro, Inc.
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1601460546
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →You are a great clinician. But do you have the tools to become a great leader? Physicians who accept or are assigned leadership positions are too often left on their own to develop leadership skills and educate themselves on their responsibilities as medical staff leaders. These physicians may be great clinicians and enthusiastic about taking a leadership position, but neither of these characteristics automatically makes a great leader. Get practical answers for physicians in leadership. The Medical Staff Leaders' Practical Guide, Sixth Edition provides direction for physician leaders in hospitals--those who remain primarily clinicians, but who also accept positions of leadership in the hospital or medical staff organization. It gives an overview of physician leaders' roles and responsibilities in credentialing, privileging, bylaws development, performance improvement, physician management, and board/physician relations. Completely revamped and updated, this essential resource for medical staff leaders includes: - Tools and information needed to fulfill leadership responsibilities for all medical staff leaders, including directors of medical staff offices, vice presidents of medical affairs, medical staff presidents, credentials committee chairs and members, and committee and department chairs - Expanded analysis and strategies for overcoming current medical staff leadership challenges, including merger issues, medical staff development plans, physician practice evaluations, assessing and improving clinical competence, and more - Guidance and how-to advice on creating a positive medical staff culture, minimizing distrust or conflict, and improving policies - Tips and insights from experienced medical staff leaders currently working in hospitals How do you keep up with evolving roles? As relationships continue to evolve between hospitals and medical staff, it is especially important for physician leaders to be well-educated about credentialing, privileging, conflicts of interest, medical staff organization, the roles of various physician leaders and committees, performance improvement, and more. This practical guide includes in-depth reviews of the top five medical staff leadership responsibilities: - Medical staff structure and governance - Credentialing and privileging - Peer review and performance improvement - Hospital-medical staff collaboration - Medical staff culture Rise to the challenge of leadership! Written by experienced medical staff leaders currently working in hospitals, The Medical Staff Leaders' Practical Guide, Sixth Edition, gives physicians the tools they need to meet the challenges of a leadership role. The tools and advice in this guide will help you: - Overcome physician apathy, poor meeting attendance, lack of volunteers for leadership positions, and turf battles - Improve peer review, evaluation of physician competency, and physician/hospital relations - Deal with disruptive and impaired physicians, conflicts of interest, exclusive contract problems, accreditation challenges, and emergency department coverage challenges - Create a positive working environment - Gain a better understanding of the credentialing and privileging process Take a look at the table of contents: Introduction: Today's Effective Medical Staff Section I: Medical Staff Structure and Governance - Physician apathy - Poor meeting attendance - Poor medical staff communication - Unprepared leaders - Lack of volunteers for leadership positions - Conflict over member rights and responsibilities Section II: Credentialing and Privileging - Cumbersome and lengthy process - Turf battles - New technology privileges - AHP credentialing and supervision - Information and decision errors - Lack of reappointment data - Unnecessary, lengthy, or costly fair hearings - Lack of criteria for privileges Section III: Peer Review and Performance Improvement - Ineffective peer review - Disruptive conduct - Impaired physicians - Assessing and improving clinical competence - Excessive utilization - Medical records completion - Inappropriate physician practice evaluation Section IV: Hospital-Medical Staff Collaboration - Strained physician-hospital relations - EMTALA and ED coverage - Hospital-physician competition - Economic credentialing - Strained physician-nurse relationships - Costs exceeding reimbursement - Medical errors and patient safety - Ineffective medical staff influence with board and administration - Liability risk - Conflicts of interest - Exclusive contract problems - Corporate compliance challenges - Accreditation challenges - Merger challenges - Lack of effective medical staff development plan Who will benefit from this book? Directors of medical staff offices, vice presidents of medical affairs, medical staff presidents, credentials committee chairs and members, committee and department chairs
Author: Anne Roberts
Publisher: HC Pro, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1601461240
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kathy Matzka
Publisher: HC Pro, Inc.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 1578398835
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Now in its fifth edition, this book features completely updated information, tools, and insights that will help in understanding and preparing medical staff for survey under the new 2007 standards. with the Compliance Guide to the JCAHO Medical Staff Standards, Fifth Edition in your library, you'll save hours rifling through hundreds of pages of documents, trying to decipher ways to comply. All the standards that relate to you and all the procedures you need to implement are consolidated into this one convenient, easy-to-understand resource.
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Published: 2016
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ISBN-13: 9780327168089
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Medical staffs and hospitals have historically had a unique relationship of interdependence. At the heart of this relationship are the medical staff bylaws. This practice guide provides an excellent framework for drafting bylaws that will establish an appropriate legal and professional relationship between the medical staff and the healthcare entity.The authors provide:An overview of basic statutory, regulatory, and accreditation matters;Identification and discussion of underlying legal and business issues that will impact the drafting of appropriate bylaws;Guidance for incorporating The Joint Commission's changes to MS.01.01.01;Organizational and drafting tips, as well as suggested language that should be included in key provisions of the bylaws; andDiscussion of the nature of medical staff appointment, procedures for determining clinical privileges, and fair hearing procedures.