The Supreme Court of Iowa (the "Court") recently ruled that evidence of prior malpractice lawsuits against a physician was admissible in a negligent credentialing lawsuit against a hospital because it was relevant to the hospital's credentialing decision.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 7
Have you heard the acronym CVO lately and wondered what it stands for? Credentials verification organizations (CVO) are entities that perform a set of credentialing activities on behalf of clients (e.g., hospital medical staff services department, health plan) pursuant to an agreement. A CVO can...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 7
The Joint Commission has made changes to three Medical Staff chapter requirements. Two elements of performance (EP) have been revised and one has been deleted, and they are effective as of July 1.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 6
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was created to help hospitals vet physicians and keep problem physicians from traveling from hospital to hospital. Hospitals are required to check the NPDB when they add a new physician to the medical staff.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 6
Form follows function. This phrase, coined by the man considered by many to be America’s first modern architect, Louis Sullivan, reminded his colleagues that they needed to keep in mind the intended function of a building as the key principle for its design. The same is true for peer review....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 5
The California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District (the "Court"), affirmed a superior court's judgment that a hospital and several physicians being sued could not invoke the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute because most of the defendant's claims did not...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 5
Practically every role in a healthcare organization can stand to have a healthy relationship with the IT department. This includes MSPs. In the course of a routine day, MSPs often need to work with IT, or someone familiar with the facility’s IT infrastructure.
