Strengthening support for physician-led team-based care will be a top legislative priority, according to medical association leaders who recently met at the AMA’s State Legislative Strategy Conference. AMA model state legislation that encourages a physician leadership framework will be under...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
Hospitals that often refer patients to inpatient facilities are more likely to readmit the patients within 30 days, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. Those hospitals had a 24.1% chance of readmitting patients compared to the 21.2% for hospitals...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
Medical staff leaders need to understand that the path followed for non-conformance by employed physicians may follow a different process than that outlined in medical staff documents. A best practice is to develop a clear policy for how the more common performance issues will be handled. This...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 1
With the exception of states in the Northeast and upper Midwest, states are falling below the recommended supply of active primary care physicians, according to the Association of American Medical College’s annual physician workforce report.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
The real challenge on the outpatient side comes when we try to apply the principles of inpatient privileging to the ambulatory world. Many organizations have only a vague idea of what clinical activity is going on in physician office practices
Earlier this week, Wisconsin became the twelfth state to enact the Interstate Medial Licensure Compact—legislation aimed to expedite the process for physicians to obtain medical licenses in multiple states and jurisdiction.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 48
The Commonwealth Fund recently released the results of its Scorecard on State Health System Performance, which shows that states have improved. Scores are based on a list of 42 indictors divided into five categories: access and affordability, avoidable hospital use and cost, equity, healthy...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 12
With a few word changes, the six core competencies for clinicians can become six core competencies for MSPs. You can customize these core competencies to gauge your own job performance and to help others understand the importance of what you do and what you can offer to your organization.
Dr. Young's husband is Dr. Primus, an employed primary care physician whose practice is 100% in an ambulatory setting affiliated with Coordinated Hospital. He has not set foot into Coordinated Hospital since the initial credentials meeting almost two years ago. Now, he is up for reappointment....