Negligent credentialing cases have picked up steam in recent years, but for the medical staff office, litigation poses less of a threat than shepherding practitioners through the application process against MSPs' better judgment.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 5
Last month, Rosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS, medical staff coordinator of OrthoColorado Hospital/St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, shared strategies for fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in new practitioner orientation. This month, she's back with advice on tackling practical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
As hospitals diversify their medical staffs and contend with mounting regulatory efforts to ally payment and performance, interdisciplinary collaboration has emerged as a major driver of financial health, medical staff stability, and care quality.
By extension, collaboration is also the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 3
Practitioner impairment threatens all levels of operation. If left unchecked, age, health, or behavioral issues on the medical staff can diminish care quality, incite legal trouble, and jeopardize the safety of the entire hospital community.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 2
Although the fear of lawsuits runs deep in many facilities, MSPs are very rarely named in these lawsuits. "The bad news is, you're most certainly going to get sued as an organization," says Dan Mulholland, attorney with Horty, Springer, and Mattern, P.C., in Pittsburgh,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
Most medical staff services professionals build their careers on helping their hospital medical staffs avoid situations that could lead to accusations of negligent credentialing. Yet the credentialing knowledge and expertise they amass can make them uniquely capable expert witnesses in negligent...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 12
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), the accrediting arm of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), announced in mid-October that it had been acquired by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). The deal marks the first time two organizations with...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
Our radiology department does a great job of bringing American College of Radiology (ACR) guidelines for credentialing to our attention. Do we have to adopt their published recommendations? If we don't, are we at risk for having to defend why we did not adopt them?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
If you are struggling with questions related to peer review, privileging, and other medical staff functions, an allied health committee may be the answer.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
Dr. Bea Cautious is a general surgeon who has submitted an application for initial appointment and privileges at The Best Medical Center. The MSP, Ms. Diligent, has been working the application, and all of the verifications and peer references have been completed and returned. However, a close...
