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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 10
Although they have been touted as a convenient and low-cost option for medical treatment, retail clinics may actually lead to increased medical spending. In a study published in Health Affairs, researchers estimated that each patient who visits retail clinics increases medical spending by $14.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 8
Identifying red flags within credentialing applications can be the first step to protecting yourself and your facility from a successful plaintiff litigation. In the 90-minute webcast, which includes 30 minutes of Q&A, expert Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, discusses ways to recognize issues...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 5
Even as regulators and the public demand more verification of physician competence, physicians have less time—and are less willing—to perform competence assessments and undergo monitoring. With this in mind, medical staffs must develop proctoring and precepting plans that are effective and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 4
The first study looking at if residents’ increased duty hours affected patient outcomes has been released and it shows that the justification for work limits may not be there. In an analysis of nearly 140,000 patients, less restrictive duty hour policies (i.e., number of consecutive hours worked...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 2
Pre-application forms have been utilized by hospitals and healthcare organizations for years as part of the initial application process. Proponents point out that it saves time and resources by identifying potential applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements for staff membership prior...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is implementing steps this year to hopefully reduce the amount of time it takes providers to become enrolled in its state Medicaid program, Physical Health Managed Care Organizations (PH-MCO). Beginning in 2016, the managed care organizations have to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
Maggie Palmer, MSA, CPMSM, CPCS, FACHE, presented "MSP Competencies" at NAMSS' 39th Annual Educational Conference and Exhibition, held in Seattle in October. The following is adapted from her presentation. Part one, which appeared in last month's CRCJ, included the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 47
The American Medical Students Association (AMSA) and the watchdog group Public Citizen are speaking out against two trials which are meant to study the effects of resident duty hour restrictions. The iCOMPARE and FIRST studies are trying to determine if rates of death and serious complications...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 42
Physicians tend to be paid on a production basis (e.g., fee for service or work relative value units), and time away from seeing patients costs them money. In the past, physicians considered giving time to medical staff work a reasonable trade-off for the services the hospital provided them in...
