Health Care partner Michael Callahan will present "Fundamentals of Hospital Medical Staff Issues: Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Collaboration" on Monday, November 16 at 4:45 p.m. (CT) during the Fundamentals of Health Law program. Michael will discuss the following topics:
- The medical staff's relationship to the hospital
- The function and overview of Medical Staff Bylaws, rules and regulations, and policies
- Laws and accreditation standards that apply to the medical staff, including Medicare Conditions of Participation, HCQIA, Data Bank, and confidentiality statutes
- Peer review investigations, remedial action, hearings and litigation
- Impact of health care reform and industry changes on the medical staff/hospital relations, including physician employment, ACOs and economic credentialing
Additional information on the program can be found here. To view the presentation slides, click here.