New research by the Center for Personalized Education for Physicians (CPEP) has corroborated several key factors associated with poor physician performance in prior studies. These factors include increasing age and solo practice, among others. However, CPEP's retrospective analysis...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a hospital facing claims of racial discrimination from a physician. The Court ruled that the physician failed to...
As a physician leader, when you think about publicly reported quality data, do you wince at potentially bad news, or do you welcome that data as another tool for improving patient care? Here is some information you should know about CMS' Physician Compare website and Hospital Consumer Assessment...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 7
Building a "smooth" relationship with medical staff leaders requires traditional skill sets, such as interpersonal and communication skills; organizational skills; knowledge of accreditation standards and state and federal laws; ability to implement plans and initiatives with little...
Updates to the NPDB Guidebook are being met with some resistance from legal and regulatory organizations, particularly concerning the way in which the NPDB defines an investigation.
The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (the "Court") affirmed a trial court's decision to dismiss a suit brought by a physician against a hospital to force the hospital to produce information related to its credentialing process after the hospital withdrew an offer of employment to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
Note from the editor: HCPro's Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and background research for a wide range of medical specialty and subspecialty...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 18
HCPro’s Physician Profile Reporter is a customized software program that compiles all sources of physician performance data into one database, enabling MSPs to generate reliable performance reports that can be easily distributed to each medical staff member—without busting the budget.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 5
Accurate comparisons are what MSPs need to take to their managers to support their request for higher compensation and additional staff. If you have the title of "manager," that might not mean anything if you're also the entire department.
