Hospital administration and governance must closely monitor the work completed by the medical staff services department (MSSD) personnel. This is essential to ensure adequate staffing and sufficient time for the vital functions of credentialing, re-credentialing, privileging, medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 32
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 32
is a group of physicians that could potentially pave the way for physician-hospital alignment: the seasoned physician who is scaling back his or her practice or retiring from clinical medicine. This group is made up of a large pool of talent, experience, and passion that is largely untapped by...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 31
Do you enjoy the classroom setting but don’t have the budget to fly all around the country attending seminars? Do you need a learning opportunity that flexes around your schedule, rather than the other way around? Check out the ...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 31
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 31
Last week, I went to the optometrist for my annual checkup. I expected to get a new prescription for glasses and contacts. I didn’t expect a prescription for eye drops for my allergies. My doctor asked if I had been experiencing itchiness in my eyes, and I mentioned for the last week or so, I...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 31
Believe it or not, imperfect data is usable data. Imperfect data should never prevent the peer review process from occurring, as long as you don’t rely on it exclusively.
When it comes to medical staff peer review, few areas are stickier than conducting ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) for low- and no-volume practitioners. Medical staffs already struggle to collect data from numerous sources...
Between mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, exclusive contracts, and physician-owned hospitals and clinics, it’s no wonder physicians find themselves knee deep in conflicts of interest. Unfortunately for medical staffs, these conflicts can hamper peer review efforts.
“Doctors are...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 8
Every year, a few more negligent credentialing cases trickle through the news. The information is often superficial; it seems to focus on the U.S. state where the case was heard and whether the ruling upheld or denied a negligent credentialing claim. Often, the details of the case are lost on...
