A physician who owns a medical practice decides his malpractice insurance is too expensive and drops the policy. Which of the following aspects of this physician's practice will impact the physician the most?
A. attracting new patients
B. attracting competent staff
C. receiving payment from insurance companies for services provided for patients
D. maintaining membership in physician organizations
E. having hospital privileges
E. having hospital privileges
Some physicians drop malpractice insurance coverage when rates become too high. However, this can adversely affect a physician's practice, since most hospitals require proof of coverage up to a predetermined minimum amount to grant hospital privileges. In addition, managed care organizations require physicians to provide proof of liability insurance coverage as a prerequisite for entering into a contractual agreement and as a component of their credentialing process.
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