CMS' promulgation of credentialing by proxy in 2011 injected much-needed flexibility, practicality, and robustness into vetting for telemedicine services‑a process that can turn hairy when recruiting multiple remote practitioners with countless affiliations.
In this world of never-ending email and constant connection, determining the most effective and efficient ways to share professional performance evaluation data with practitioners can be a challenge. Formal communication plans can help cut through the clutter and engage practitioners on a...
The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (the "Court") upheld a superior court's ruling granting immunity to two physicians who provided negative comments regarding a third physician when they responded to a questionnaire from a credentials verification organization (CVO).
MSPs routinely collect individual practitioner disciplinary actions and malpractice claims data through the NPDB and insurance carriers. However, hospitals often do not compare trends in the aggregate data for specific states. In this article, we take a look at some of the data trends, the...
The hospital-only specialty, which originated in primary care in the 1990s, has caught on throughout many sub-specialties. Among OB-GYN, gastroenterology, and general surgery services, hospitalist growth has been driven in part by physicians' desires for greater work-life balance, particularly...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 8
About four years ago, we (and when I say "we," I mean "me," as I am a one-woman office) instituted evergreen letters. The evergreen serves as a verification of privileges and as a clinical reference. On our evergreen form, the department chair completes the evaluation section, and I complete a...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 7
What is the right level of MSP staffing in a medical staff office? This is a common question, but one without an easy answer. There is no such thing as a typical medical staff office, and there is no industry standard for staffing requirements.
A number of articles have been written about bias in peer review?what it is, how it affects the overall peer review process, and types of bias, to name a few. Bias is understandably the stumbling block to effective peer review. It is the one factor that can take a well-meaning committee that is...
