Bylaws and Rules & Regulations
Modernize governance documents to optimize effectiveness and efficiency
Reviewing and updating bylaws gives the medical staff the opportunity to improve physician engagement, effect meaningful change, and implement leading practices that are responsive to the current complex environment. Our diverse team includes physicians, advanced practice professionals, and legal experts with decades of experience providing comprehensive medical staff support.
Bylaws and rules & regulations redesign
Working with physicians, administrators, and legal counsel, we facilitate a collaborative session to redesign an organization’s approach to bylaws and/or rules & regulations in alignment with its unique culture. We focus on legal and regulatory requirements as well as best practice options where variability is allowed. We support medical staff leaders by documenting the rationale for changes, and can assist in socializing the changes to secure approval by the medical staff.
Bylaws and rules & regulations review
We work with clients to review medical staff governance documents, specifically assessing for regulatory compliance (and providing compliant language, as needed), and identifying opportunities to implement leading practices.
Clear guidance for compliance
Careful vetting of bylaws and thoughtful rewriting or reorganizing are only the first steps—recognizing and overcoming resistance to change are important steps to achieving alignment and a return on investment.
- Decrease unnecessary administrative burdens
- Improve physician satisfaction by standardizing cross-system processes
- Enhance autonomy and control through bylaws and rules & regulations
- Foster a collaborative and productive coexistence between hospital and medical staff
- Mitigate the potential for litigation
We now have uniform medical staff bylaws across our five hospitals. Aligning the medical staffs of each hospital was a significant lift and I cannot thank Chartis Clinical Quality enough for their help and expertise throughout the process.
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Meet our Bylaws and Rules & Regulations leaders
Paul Murphree, DO
Paul Murphree, DO, ScD, is a Partner in Clinical Transformation. He is a distinguished physician executive renowned for his strategic leadership, notably enhancing medical outcomes and operational excellence across various health systems and health plans.
Marcia Adams
Marcia (Marci) Adams is an Associate Partner in Clinical Transformation at Chartis. Marci is a licensed attorney with more than 17 years of healthcare experience, particularly in areas of medical staff and graduate medical education operations, bylaws, governance, healthcare privacy, and corporate compliance.
