Priority 8 patients are those non-service-connected veterans with assets over the levels allowed for Priority 7 or income over the levels used by HUD as the upper limits for housing assistance eligibility.
Gerald M. Eisenberg*. A hospital's medical staff, the independent physician organization. required under state law and accreditation standards,' plays a critical role in. assuring quality care and improving patients' outcomes in the hospital. setting.
In a hospital facility based practice, the delegating physician may be the medical director, the chief of medical staff, the chair of the credentialing committee, a department chair, or a physician who consents to the request of the medical director or chief of the medical staff to delegate.