In Brief: A Digest of Medical Staffing Projects

Client Success

Drafted uniform medical staff bylaws of a multistate health system for compliance with the Joint Commission Standard MS.01.01.01.
Facilitated resolution of dispute between the governing board and medical staff of a large health system. Dispute involved revisions to medical staff bylaws, negotiations on hospital operational policies, and medical staff’s participation in developing and implementing them.
Advised a hospital’s medical executive committee through an extensive peer review process that included hundreds of medical records requiring external peer reviewers.
Mediated conflict management disputes between medical staff and medical executive committees or hospital administrators.
Drafted credentialing policies and procedures, trained hospitals on credentialing, and advised hospitals and other healthcare entities on credentialing matters.
Represented hospital and healthcare providers in mediations involving peer review, restrictive covenants and hospital privileges. Assisted hospital in enforcing covenants against physicians.
Advised hospitals on credentialing processes for telemedicine providers and drafted primary source verification agreements.
Assisted the transition of entire medical staff during a hospital acquisition.
Defended a hospital against a lawsuit filed by a physician whose medical staff membership had been revoked.
Worked with hospital medical executive committees to draft effective physician interaction plans.
Advised hospital medical executive committee on impaired physician issues.