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Sample medical staff leadership retreat agenda
Looking to implement medical staff leadership retreats at your facility but not sure where to start? Check out “Tips for a successful medical staff leadership retreat: Involve leaders in training the next generation” in the November issue of Medical Staff Briefing. Along with some great tips, such as limiting retreats to medical executive committee members, Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO, contributed a sample agenda. I hope this helps get your facility retreat-ready!
State hospitals layoff MD staff, could private hospitals do the same?
New Jersey state mental hospitals have laid off 16 doctors in order to fix budget gaps, according to the state Department of Human Services. Typically, hospitals do not have the authority to layoff members of the medical staff because most are not directly employed by the hospital. However, some practitioners, such as hospitalists and contracted physicians, are direct hospital employees.
Does this mean MD layoffs can become a common occurrence at private hospitals, as well?
Only time will how common the occurrence becomes, but some private hospitals have already made medical staff cutbacks. “It can happen anywhere and unfortunately there’s a perfect storm because you’ve got decreased Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement, you’ve got increasing bad debt, you’ve got the economic melt down of many hospital’s investments,” says Jonathan H. Burroughs, MD, MBA, FACPE, CMSL, Senior Consultant at The Greeley Company, a division of HCPro, Inc., based in Marblehead, MA. “Almost every hospital in the nation is facing budget shortfalls and budget cuts and one of the expenses on the ledger is physicians’ compensation.”
Free Form Friday: Letter denying application request
Welcome back to the second week of Free Form Friday. This week’s form is a sample letter denying a request to process an application for medical staff membership. The form can be customized to deny a request for privileges, or it can be edited to include your organization’s criteria.
To access this week’s form, click here http://hcpro.com/supplemental/6517_Free%20Form%20Friday_1.09.09.doc
What free form would you like to see next week? Drop me a line at eberry@hcpro.com and let me know.
Cheers!
Emily Berry
Associate Editor