It has been a little over a year since the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLC) officially launched its expedited licensure process in April 2017. The compact, which was initially developed by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), began to explore the idea of using an interstate...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
Also, the leading causes of health data breaches, a hospital and cardiology group pays millions to settle kickback allegations, and a CMS initiative aims to allow patients to control their medical records data
Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire (the “Court”) ordered a hospital to produce records of a committee’s investigation into a terminated nurse’s actions and patient care. The Court found that the hospital could not show that a privilege afforded by state law applied to the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
Are you aware that there is credentialing going on in your hospital—and it’s not in the medical staff department? If you are, you’re in the minority. Just like many are not aware that a medical staff services department (MSSD) exists, few people give a thought to all those “others” roaming the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
The third largest health system in the United States, Providence St. Joseph Health System struggled with an issue common among health systems: how to bring together disparate data and develop one source of truth for provider data.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 4
How do you transition to a paperless credentialing process that enables document sharing throughout your health system, thus reducing rework, waste, and redundancy? How do you leverage your credentialing database to resolve data needs that are beyond the scope of credentialing to strengthen your...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 3
I’ve been asked many times over the years about the steps that I took in order to advance my career. I have been blessed with many opportunities to gain invaluable experience, learn and oversee a wide array of services and departments within a hospital setting, and work with some great teams...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 2
This case highlights how an entire organization (i.e., board, medical staff leadership, CEO, attorney) was unclear about the employment/contract route versus the medical staff privileging process. Whether it was lack of knowledge or purposeful, the outcome was not good as evidenced by the jury’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 2
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (the “Court”) recently affirmed a trial court’s finding that a hospital was not only within its rights to, but was required to report a physician’s resignation while she was under review to the New Jersey Board of Medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 2
All hospitals have some kind of peer review system in place, yet physicians and support staff often receive little training on how to conduct peer review well. Conducting peer review fairly and efficiently requires critical steps be taken by peer review coordinators, physician reviewers, the...
