With integrated departments, onboarding of employed practitioners includes credentialing and privileging, but now ends after successfully enrolling practitioners with commercial insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
Credentialing Resource Center Journal recently sat down with David J. Pugach, JD, vice president of public policy for the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to ask how ongoing initiatives, such as the single graduate medical education accreditation system, are proceeding and what initiatives...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
Following a complete, compliant, and risk-adverse initial credentialing and privileging process protects patients, the organizations, practitioners, and even the MSP. However, MSPs often field requests or feel pressure from physician leaders or administrators to skirt the full credentialing...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
With the number of patients utilizing telemedicine services expected to reach 7 million by the end of 2018, the telehealth industry has certainly reached new heights in recent years—and it’s rapidly diversifying. Telemedicine typically refers to a medical service or appointment with a healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 10
Consolidation. Integration. These words have become the way we see our profession evolving in the world of centralized verification organizations (CVO). No longer do medical staff professionals focus on their individual departmental roles and responsibilities. We now embrace the process of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 9
While it’s important to deal with the negative impact that adverse events in healthcare settings have on patients and their families, the emotional toll of these events on healthcare professionals has gone unaddressed for too long. Due to the nature of their work, these professionals can be...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 8
Proctoring and the performance of FPPE provides a valuable service to patients and the medical community. It protects patients and can help a colleague identify opportunities to improve the quality of the care he or she delivers. Many medical staff bylaws declare participation in...
