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Weekly Roundup | Featured content: Privileges versus employment contracts | Per most states’ hospital licensure requirements, medical staff membership and clinical privileges are granted through processes outlined by the hospital’s medical staff bylaws. Those bylaws define the requirements for staff membership and delineation of clinical privileges. They also provide for various forms of procedural due process, including fair hearings (and any related appeals process) for adverse recommendations and actions |
Leadership insight: Cleveland Clinic supports physician resiliency through peer coaching program | In an attempt to boost resiliency and combat burnout among physicians, the Cleveland Clinic has implemented a peer coaching program. The Cleveland Clinic coaching network seeks to create great job satisfaction, engagement, and resilience among physicians. It links physicians and other faculty to peer coaches with whom they can discuss goals and concerns. Thus far, the program has been largely successful: 25% of coaches and 22% of coachees revealed that the program had a significant impact on their decisions to remain at the Cleveland Clinic. |
Free resource: Burden on the applicant policy | Each individual practitioner who either applies for or maintains medical staff membership and/ or privileges has the burden of providing evidence that demonstrates that he or she meets the hospital’s established criteria for membership and/or privileges. This policy applies at the time of initial appointment, reappointment, application for clinical privileges, employment, or anytime during a practitioner’s affiliation with the institution. |
Quick tip: Develop a relationship/agreement with a locum agency | Many locum tenens physicians are employed through a locum agency. Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, advisory consultant and chief credentialing officer for The Greeley Company in Danvers, Massachusetts and Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, president of PRO-CON in Plainfield, Illinois, recommend that hospitals develop a preferred relationship with one that is well-established and reputable. |
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New Content: Members Only | Considerations when OPPE leads to FPPE | When a performance issue surfaces during a review process, maintaining strict confidentiality becomes crucial for both the practitioner and the facility. Due to the sensitive nature of poor findings—and the potential backlash from leaking information to the general membership—medical staff leaders must be intentional in their review-related work and must confer with legal counsel as appropriate. |
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CRC Announcements | New reduced hotel rates for CRC Symposium! | Time is running out to receive a discounted hotel room rate for the 2019 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium. The discounted rate is now only $115! The 2019 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Along with the convience of staying where the Symposium is being held, the hotel also offers shows, casinos, and plenty of dining options. |
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