Last year, the 2013 MSP Salary Survey netted more respondents than previous editions, and some of the findings were guardedly optimistic. For example, more respondents reported receiving a raise; fewer indicated their organization was still in the throes of a hiring/wage freeze...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 4
Editor's note: 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 areas, procedures...
The California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District (the "Court"), in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a lower court's decision that a neurosurgeon did not satisfy the burden to show that a hospital's failure to place another neurosurgeon on his peer review panel was...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 3
Editor’s note: HCPro’s Credentialing Resource Center is constantly adding to and updating its library of Clinical Privilege White Papers, which outline sample privileging criteria and...
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.
