A look at the job duties of MSPs, including what non-medical staff service functions they oversee. According to the survey, one-third of MSPs oversee other departments, with the most common being continuing medical education. According to Anne Roberts, CPCS, CPMSM, this is a...
The intent of this series was to demystify the OPPE process and offer best practices that could be implemented in your organization. The fundamental underlying principle of OPPE is the ongoing determination of physician competency, a requirement by CMS in the Conditions of Participation...
Physicians at all levels need to balance the potential benefits of a given medical treatment with its harms and costs, keeping in mind the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes. This practice, known as high-value care, has been gaining attention as the public becomes more aware of...
A long-standing survey practice of The Joint Commission is to request a copy of the operating room schedule on the day the surveyor(s) are to visit the OR and then select specific practitioner files to compare their privileges to the procedures they are performing on that given day. This may...
In February 2014, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine entered into an agreement to transform the accreditation system for graduate medical education (GME)...
Clinical contracts present numerous challenges for a hospital and its medical staff, which begin even before the contract is executed. The relative complexities of this process will vary, given the specific service to be performed...
CMS' revisions present credentialing issues and decisions for hospitals reagrding the process by which therapeutic diets may be ordered. In this article we identify some of the issues that must be considered before hospitals can implement changes to their credentialing process in order to...
MSB editorial advisory board members Jack L. Cox, MD, MMM, senior vice president and chief quality officer at Hoag in Newport Beach, California; and William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, vice president and chief medical quality officer at Pocono Medical Center in...
