Overview: This webinar addresses the medical staff issues arising when hospitals merge or are acquired by healthcare systems.Change in hospital ownership affects governance, including medical staff governance.The existing medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations and policies may be replaced as a result.
Already established systems also create conflicts as system-wide documents may not fit all medical staffs in that system hospitals.The complication of recent changes in Medicare Conditions of Participation to allow systems to unify medical staffs will also be analyzed.
Why should you Attend: Hospitals are merging or being acquired continuously by expanding healthcare systems.Merging medical staffs is no less complicated than the financial side of system growth.Planning and preparation can guard against combined medical staff conflicts and liability.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Medical Staff Bylaws in Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions
Medical Staff Governance in Hospital Systems
Medical Staff Peer Review Across Hospital Systems
Medicare Conditions of Participation regarding Medical Staff Unification
Already established systems also create conflicts as system-wide documents may not fit all medical staffs in that system hospitals.The complication of recent changes in Medicare Conditions of Participation to allow systems to unify medical staffs will also be analyzed.
Why should you Attend: Hospitals are merging or being acquired continuously by expanding healthcare systems.Merging medical staffs is no less complicated than the financial side of system growth.Planning and preparation can guard against combined medical staff conflicts and liability.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Medical Staff Bylaws in Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions
Medical Staff Governance in Hospital Systems
Medical Staff Peer Review Across Hospital Systems
Medicare Conditions of Participation regarding Medical Staff Unification
Who Should Attend
- Medical Staff President/Chief of Staff
- Bylaws Committee
- Credentialing Committee
- Chief Medical Officer
- Vice President of Medical Affairs
- Chief of Staff
- Director of Medical Staff
- Medical Staff Attorney
- Hospital Counsel
- Medical Staff Manager
- Credentialing Specialist
- Human Resources Professionals
- Compliance Officers
