The 2016 MSP Salary Survey wraps up on May 6. While we tally last-minute responses and develop our expert-driven analysis, here's a sneak peek at how the results are stacking up, based on the roughly 875 responses we received at the time of publication.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 5
Organizing medical staff members into specialty-based departments may make sense for large organizations. But for smaller hospitals, service lines built around a shared purpose--pediatric care or surgery, for example--can engender interdisciplinary collaboration, positive outcomes, and patient...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 4
Clinician shortages are gaining ground across the country, adding new urgency to a long-standing pursuit in the medical staff services department (MSSD): striking the ideal balance between quality and efficiency.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 3
These questions and answers are from the recent HCPro webcast, "FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges," presented by Todd Sagin, MD, JD, national director of Sagin Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and HG Consultants, LLC.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 1
The following questions and answers are from the recent HCPro webcast, "FPPE and the Revised NPDB Guidebook: How to Address New Reporting Challenges," presented by Todd Sagin, MD, JD, national director of Sagin Healthcare Consulting, LLC, and HG Consultants, LLC.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 12
Effective FPPE programs start with basic understanding of the difference between proctors and preceptors, as outlined in Proctoring, FPPE, and Practitioner Competency Assessment: A Clinical Leader's Guide, by Todd Sagin, MD, JD.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
The rise of locum tenens practitioners presents a variety of challenges: How many of a locum tenens' myriad past assignments should be verified? How can the process be streamlined, or at least be made less stressful? When everyone wants a practitioner to be brought on board as fast as possible,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
By Rick Sheff, MD, principal and chief medical officer, The Greeley Company
Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, chief credentialing officer, The Greeley Company
Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, advisory consultant, The Greeley Company
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
Maintenance of certification (MOC) has become the focus of many physicians, as some question its relevance, others offer opinions on ways to make it better, and others look for alternative certification options. One created an alternative board for physician certification, The National Board of...