Register today for IMQ's Stepping Up to Leadership Conference The Institute for Medical Quality’s (IMQ) Stepping Up to Leadership conference will be held at the Paradise Point Resort and Spa in San Diego on February 22-23, 2018. This program is widely recognized as the “go to” course for acquiring knowledge and skills to successfully lead a medical staff. Offered in conjunction with the University of California, San Diego PACE Program, the program was developed in response to a commonly expressed need for better, more practical hands-on training for medical staff leaders. In addition to interactive training in communicating and handling disruptive or impaired individuals, the 2018 program will also address workplace violence, preventing and treating physician burnout, aging physician policies, and recent legal and regulatory changes. The program offers unique hands-on and interactive learning opportunities and excellent faculty in a beautiful, relaxing, San Diego location. Thanks to a generous grant from the Physicians Foundation, this course is offered at prices significantly lower than other courses of its caliber. For more information or to register, click here. February 5, 2018 General IMQ, Institute for Medical Quality, Organized Medical Staff Section, Hospital Medical Staff, Medical Staff, Organized Medical Staff, Physician Leadership 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA releases 2016 annotated Model Medical Staff Bylaws The California Medical Association (CMA) has released its 2016 Model Medical Staff Bylaws. These bylaws are the definitive guide for medical staffs, providing details on professional and legal structures to support effective medical staff operations and self-governance. The model bylaws are fully annotated to provide background information on critical provisions, including explanations of relevant state and federal laws, hospital accreditation standards, and other explanatory information. The 2016 Model Medical Staff Bylaws are available free to any medical staff with an active membership in CMA’s Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS). If your medical staff is not already an OMSS member, you can join by completing and submitting the OMSS membership application at www.cmanet.org/omss. The model bylaws are also available to non-OMSS members for a fee. For more information, visit CMA's online resource library. Contact: CMA member help center, (800) 786-4262 or memberservice@cmanet.org. July 14, 2016 CMA, General Medical Staff, Medical Staff Bylaws, Organized Medical Staff, Hospital Medical Staff 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMA, AMA and others urge CMS to delay new rules authorizing multi-hospital systems to establish system-wide medical staffs The California Medical Association (CMA), the American Medical Association and dozens of other state and specialty medical associations have asked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay for one year new Medicare rules that would allow multi-hospital systems to establish system-wide medical staffs. CMA commented extensively on this and prior iterations of this rulemaking expressing serious concerns about the proposed amendments to the CoPs and their impact on medical staff self-governance. CMA believes that medical staff self-governance is a vital part of a carefully crafted system designed to ensure the delivery of quality patient care. The letter says that the organizations have written “to express our extreme disappointment with the CMS final rule…..that makes unprecedented changes to the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that will dramatically alter the make-up and efficacy of hospital medical staffs nationwide.” The letter asks CMS to delay the effective date of the rule from July 11, 2014, to give medical staffs sufficient time to develop the policies and procedures necessary to comply with the rule. Major provisions of the final rule related to medical staffs are: Multi-hospital systems may have the option of having a single unified and integrated medical staff, but a majority of each medical staff must affirmatively vote to accept a unified and integrated medical staff structure or to opt out of such a structure and to maintain a separate and distinct medical staff for their respective hospitals. The final rule does not require members of the medical staff to serve as representatives on the hospital governing body. However, hospital governing bodies must periodically throughout the year consult directly with each medical staff within the multi-hospital system. CMA will continue to look for advocacy opportunities to advance physician leadership in hospital and other settings. Click here to read the letter. Contact: Yvonne Choong, (800) 786-4262 or ychoong@cmanet.org. July 15, 2014 General Medicare, Organized Medical Staff, CMS, Hospital Medical Staff 0 0 Comment Read More »
