Study: Physician practices increasingly hospital- or corporate-owned

Hospitals and corporate entities acquired 20,900 U.S. physician practices over a two-year period beginning January 1, 2019, according to a study released by the Physicians Advocacy Institute. With those acquisitions, hospitals and corporate entities own 48.4% of physician practices.

The Joint Commission has made changes to three Medical Staff chapter requirements. Two elements of performance (EP) have been revised and one has been deleted, and they are effective as of July 1.

This sample bylaws language from Kathy Matzka, CPMSM, CPCS, FMSP, pertains which clinical services are appropriately delivered through telemedicine and the scope of those services.

This month, MSB speaks with pundits outside of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission about what the medical staff should know about the Compact, which aims to streamline licensing of physicians that practice in multiple states.