The Republicans are back in control of Congress. With a majority in the House, they have the ability to filibuster in the Senate. Speaker-to-be John Boehner has made no secret of his desire to kill Obamacare. He can’t get it repealed just yet, but he can prevent the appropriations needed to make...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 49
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 49
PROMETHEUS is a provider payment model that is designed to pay providers, including physicians and hospitals, based on the quality of care they provide to patients, not volume. How much money a physician makes depends on his or her ability to successfully implement clinical practice guidelines (...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
Almost every state has an association of medical staff services that, along with the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS), welcomes new members with open arms. Sometimes new MSPs choose to join their state associations before the national association because the state offers lower...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
If a group of physicians approached your hospital about doing an underarrangement, the hospital might immediately say no because underarrangements come prepackaged with negative legal consequences. However, the hospital might attempt to craft another kind of model that would obtain the same or...