Because minutes are the record of medical staff business, they carry important implications. MSPs must ensure that minutes provide an accurate account of credentials, peer review, or MEC meetings, where high-stakes decisions are made regarding a practitioner’s privileges and ability to practice...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 4
Plus, hospital employees fired for accessing actor’s medical records, senators ask for old privacy regulation to be removed, and Match results hint at future of physician workforce
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 4
One-fourth of America’s practicing physicians are age 65 or older, and this proportion will continue to rise as the peak of the baby boomer generation enters the ranks of the elderly. According to the AMA, more than 40% of the nation’s 1 million doctors are older than 50. These are daunting...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 4
The corrective action, summary suspension, and fair hearing processes are high-stakes proceedings and extremely stressful for all involved. Hospitals can alleviate some of this stress by ensuring their medical staff bylaws do not create extra pressure points when managing practitioner behavior...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 3
The United States District Court of Maine (the “Court”) ruled in favor of a plaintiff seeking to compel a juvenile reformatory and the Maine Department of Corrections to produce certain documents, finding that self-critical analysis and peer review privileges were not applicable to the case....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 3
Following the bylaws is critical because they reflect state and federal laws and regulations, such as the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA). These laws and regulations include specific parameters for conducting the corrective action and the fair hearing, says Jon Kammerzelt, partner...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 3
The fair hearing is a culmination of several detailed processes that medical staff service departments must follow when addressing concerns about a physician’s competency or behavior.
The following example broadly outlines the steps that result in a fair hearing, but keep in mind:...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 2
The Fifth District Texas Court of Appeals at Dallas (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court decision ruling that a surgery center did not breach a contract when it terminated a partnership with a physician who refused to perform an illegal act because the contract specifically stated that said...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 2
The 2019 CRC Symposium, being held in Las Vegas February 26–28, features a combination of new and returning speakers, physicians, and medical staff professionals. These speakers are experts in credentialing, privileging, provider enrollment, quality, physician leadership, and medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 2
When medical staff services and provider enrollment processes are integrated into the same office, MSPs may have to work with enrollment specialists to report to stakeholders how providers are tracking through the credentialing and enrollment processes.
