Healthcare Shareholder Polsinelli PC Dallas, Texas
Session Description: This session will examine the differences between employed physicians and those that are only credentialed, and will discuss the similarities and differences in how to address peer review issues for each category of physicians. Discussion will center around additional options available when a physician is employed, rather than strictly credentialed, and the nuances in peer reviewing physicians where the staff is a mixture of employed and non-employed providers.
Learning Objectives:
Educate medical staff professionals on methods of addressing employed physicians.
Understand the variety of options available to a hospital when a physician is employed compared to independent providers who are only credentialed.
Identify what is required in order to communicate with outside entities regarding the employment and status of a provider.
