Have You Looked at Your Corporate Bylaws Lately? Do You Even Know Where They Are?

Hospitals often review and revise their medical staff bylaws and policies to keep up with new developments, but many rarely or ever pay attention to their hospital corporate bylaws.  Corporate bylaws are required to contain provisions required by CMS, the IRS, state licensure agencies, and accrediting bodies, but if they haven’t been updated in a while they may not meet these requirements. 

Corporate bylaws should also compliment and supplement medical staff documents, but if they are inconsistent with medical staff documents it can spell trouble if there is ever a dispute over credentialing or privileging.  HortySpringer partners Lauren Massucci and Dan Mulholland will explore this topic in their current podcast and tell you what you should be looking for when you dust your corporate bylaws off to see what’s in them.