Hospital Practice News

AMA-OMSS Interim Meeting proceedings now available

Official proceedings from the AMA Organized Medical Staff Section's (OMSS) 58th Interim Assembly Meeting are available for viewing on the meeting Web page. Other post meeting documents also are available, including PowerPoint slides summarizing the meeting to help AMA-OMSS representatives inform their hospital staffs about news from the meeting.

Manual helps physicians with employment agreements

With more and more established physicians, as well as those completing training, becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations, it's important that they enhance their understanding and negotiating position as they navigate employment contracts and opportunities in these practice settings.

A new manual from the AMA, the "Annotated Model Physician-Hospital Employment Agreement," can help. This resource addresses the specific needs of established physicians and those completing training who are preparing to negotiate an employment contract with a hospital or related entity.

"Doctors have got to protect themselves," said Jay Gregory, MD, chair of the AMA Organized Medical Staff Section Governing Council, in an American Medical News story about the manual. "Hopefully, this manual will provide physicians with a better understanding of their legal rights, and they will be able to go into situations with their eyes open."

AMA members can access the manual for free; nonmembers can purchase it through the AMA Bookstore. If you're not a member, join today.

New OMSS education program webcasts now available

Learn about reducing readmissions, improving patient safety, accountable care organizations and leadership by viewing online webcasts from the AMA Organized Medical Staff Section. Physicians can claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for watching the webcasts. Titles include:

• "Reducing the Readmission Rate in a Hospital" (1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™)
• "From Statewide to Bedside Transformation" (1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit)™
• "An Update on Accountable Care Organizations" (1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™)
• "Leadership in Healthcare: If Not Physicians, Then Who?" (2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™)

AMA members can view these webcasts for free; nonmembers can watch them for $75 each. If you're not an AMA member, join today.

The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.