Scribes or clinical information managers (CIM) provide assistance with provider documentation while increasing physician and practitioner satisfaction and improving productivity. Scribes are trained to provide real-time, point-of-care documentation whereby the scribe is physically present in the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 8
Bylaws must meet accreditation standards, state and federal regulations, and the needs of the hospital’s medical staff. The Guide to Medical Staff Bylaws offers tips for writing bylaws and actual sample language that complies with Joint Commission, DNV, HFAP, and/or CMS standards....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 7
Massachusetts voted to legalize medical marijuana in 2012, but physicians are still waiting for practice guidelines and education that will enable them to issue the necessary certificates to patients. “I have received no special training (required for physicians to certify patients as eligible...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 6, Issue 6
Diane Brown is a long-term care regulatory specialist and lead educator for HCPro's Medicare Boot Camp-Long-Term Care Version. In this Q&A with Diane, she answers a question about Jimmo v. Sebelius.
Physician re-entry is problematic for physicians who leave practice with every intention of coming back—even more so for those who thought they’d walked away for good. However, there are steps physicians can take to help them navigate the re-entry process and get back to practice.
One of the most important initial tasks of the physician credentialing process is gathering background information. This often involves reaching out to various medical boards to verify physician information.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 5
Adverse events for patients being treated for heart attack and heart failure have declined, states a new study published in the January 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. However, there has not been a significant decrease in adverse events for patients being treated for...
The Colorado Court of Appeals, Division A rejected a hospital's claim that a new statute, which abrogated the hospital's immunity from damages with respect to credentialing decisions, was unconstitutional. The Court held that the statute was meant to apply retroactively and such...
