Previous research found that about 3% of patients discharged from ERs returned within three days, but a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found the percentage to be much higher.
If you are struggling with challenges around the intersection of employed physicians and the organized medical staff, you are far from being alone. Every day, many organizations have to deal with fundamental questions about basic processes such as credentialing, privileging, proctoring, peer...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 6
After many years of spending too much time attending meetings, listening to the same reports, and granting department status to any group of two or more physicians, we were ready for a change.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 21
Bring together disparate departments under a clearly defined process when hiring employed physicians, says William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, chief medical officer, Pocono Health System; East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in the July issue of Medical Staff Briefing....
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 20
Washington Governor Jay Inslee recently signed legislation that seeks to increase the number of family medicine physicians in rural areas of the state.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 19
In its first two years, Medicare’s Pioneer ACOs reported savings of $384 million, and patients reported fewer admissions, ED visits, tests, and procedures. "Beyond the early financial success of this model, we're also seeing important quality improvements," said Patrick Conway, MD, chief medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 5
More MSPs reported making more than $30,000 in the 2014 survey than in previous years, but two-thirds of respondents said their department has not expanded during the past three years. Are MSPs doing more work for the same money?
