In the February issue of Medical Staff Briefing, Anne Roberts, CPCS, CPMSM, senior director of medical affairs at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, shares some of her tips for being a strong MSP leader.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 1
Existing practitioners will maintain their current privileges until implementation of the new core privileging forms. During implementation, each practitioner will be required to request the same privileges he or she currently holds using the new core form for his or her specialty.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 1
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Physicians are no strangers to concurrent proctoring. At some point in his or her career, every physician is proctored and serves as a proctor, but there is a lot more to this medical staff responsibility than meets the eye. With many other duties, physicians may not...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 1
When medical staffs develop privilege criteria for advanced practice RNs (APRN), there are other factors to consider besides education and current competency. These factors range from state laws to insurance plan coverage. At times, these nonclinical factors form practice...
Collecting ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) data on telemedicine providers who may be based hundreds or thousands of miles away from your facility seems like a daunting challenge. However, it doesn’t have to be rocket science. It’s simply a matter of adjusting the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 52
A medical leave of absence is a leave granted for health concerns, usually 45 days or longer, that is not reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). By granting a leave of absence, the credentials committee and MEC protect patients without terminating the physician from the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 52
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 51
Why wouldn’t the board want individuals who are experts in their respective fields to enlighten other board members and support the board in making wise decisions involving extremely complex issues?
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 51
A nonretaliation policy makes it clear that reporting improper conduct is a duty of all staff members, and it articulates the disciplinary consequences of any effort to punish an employee for carrying out this duty.
