To get the wheels turning on the 14th annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium, being held May 12-13 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, we've asked MSPs from across the country to submit self-made tools and forms that make their daily lives a little easier.
Back in what some physicians may consider the "good old days," board certification wasn't that big of a deal. It was a great accomplishment-if your specialty had a board to speak of-but it wasn't necessary to have a successful practice. Today, however, nearly every specialty has...
As the March 31 deadline approaches for implementing the changes brought about by the final version of Joint Commission standard MS.01.01.01, one question hangs in the air: Are you ready?
A physician is no stranger to the fact that healthcare is a team sport. A single physician cannot be responsible for the entire gamut of patient care—he or she needs a nurse to handle daily care, perhaps a specialist to offer advice for a particularly complex patient, and a...
Interviewing for a job is no one’s cup of tea. Most of us are insomniacs the night before an interview because we worry about what could go wrong. However, you don’t have to lose a night’s sleep when a new job opportunity presents itself. These 10 interview tips...
As of July 1, The Joint Commission added antidiscrimination language into the medical staff chapter of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH). Previous antidiscrimination language was deleted in 2003 because the accrediting organization believed it...
Often, medical staffs throw new credentials committee members in with the sharks and hope that they know how to swim. These members are often left to figure out the details of their position on their own. This learn-as-...
When a physician applies to a medical staff, one of the first things that credentialing specialists verify is the physician’s state license. If the license looks clean, the physician must be good, right? Not necessarily.
For MSPs, starting a new job means learning a new set of medical staff bylaws and processes, finding the way around a new facility, meeting dozens of medical staff members, and navigating a new social and political atmosphere. If that wasn't harrowing enough, most medical staff...
