Deborah Sutherland, PhD, CEO of the University of South Florida Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), says physician simulation training may be the (near) future of privileging, competence assessment, and much more?both in hospitals and at the specialty board and state...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 9
Todd Sagin, MD, JD,says hospitals and MSPs have a number of tools they can use to protect themselves when potential issues are identified ... including a simple policy: Don't use the words "in good standing."
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 8
Developing and implementing a criteria-based core privileging system is challenging and requires considerable effort, but the result will greatly benefit the organized medical staff and the healthcare organization.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 7
The "typical" day for an MSP isn't easy to tease out neatly. In trying to gauge how much time respondents spend on common duties, we enumerated the obvious: Most MSPs do not devote 100% of their time to any single task. However, if your day includes analyzing credentials files,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
As more organizations examine or pursue PCMH for care delivery, MSPs should take a hard look at NCQA's data collection and reporting guidelines, as well as their organization's own internal requirements and accreditation guidelines.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 5
With physicians practicing longer and retiring later, MSPs face new questions regarding competence assessment and privileging. The best approach is to know your bylaws and determine whether changes are necessary.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 4
Last November, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced plans to revise the NPDB Guidebook, the National Practitioner Data Bank's (NPDB) policy manual. In November 2013, the HRSA provided a draft of the new...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 2
After uncovering my first undisclosed issue while working a credentials file, I was told to call the physician to request a detailed explanation. I can't remember what it was I had to ask about, but I vividly recall feeling horrified, ill-equipped, and small.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 1
The start of a new year is a good time to look at the long-term future. For MSPs, that future might mean evolution from today's disparate medical staff-related processes and duties to a single unified "competency committee" with physicians and MSPs working in tandem on a...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12
CMS has posted publicly accessible hospital survey deficiency data on its website, and plans to do so on a regular basis. Hospitals must be prepared to acknowledge CMS deficiencies and answer questions about practitioners and the care they provide. Medical services professionals...
