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....
If they’re a member of your medical staff, and you allow people without a license to be on your medical staff, then you need query the NPDB. It’s not a function of whether they’re licensed or not, it’s a function of whether they have been made a member of your medical staff or your healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 46
After months that saw small increases and even decreases, the Consumer Price Index for hospital services rose 2% in October, which was the highest month-over-month increase of the year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inpatient hospital prices grew 2.3%, compared to outpatient...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 44
Organizations are drowning in unproductive meetings, according to author Al Pittampalli in an article for Harvard Business Review. Often it is difficult to distinguish the worthwhile ones from the worthless due to vague language that hides a meeting’s true purpose. Often what we...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
At our facility, the provider onboarding process has become every employee's responsibility and privilege. If you read my column in the May issue of CRCJ, you know that we have been working on this process. We assessed the changes we had made with a new physician survey and feedback...