In response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced exceptions and extensions for upcoming measure reporting and data submission deadlines for those clinicians and providers participating in Medicare quality reporting programs.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 3
Over the past few decades, understanding of the importance of the emotional, physical, and overall wellness of provider has significantly increased. The impetus for this new focus on wellness is the realization that providers must first be able to care for themselves before they can care for...
Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.Benefits of telemedicine screening for COVID-19 include convenience for patients and safely assessing patients in their home.
It is useful to recall that there is no prescribed format for creating medical staff bylaws and associated documents. Laws, regulations, and accreditation standards require medical staffs to address some issues in the bylaws, but how these issues are organized and addressed is up to each medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 3
Although sometimes used interchangeably, temporary, emergency, and disaster privileges are different. Let’s take a look at how and when to use each type of privilege.
Requirements that physicians and other healthcare professionals hold licenses in the state in which they provide services have been temporarily waived by the federal government. Yesterday, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar II...
