The task of managing a team while ensuring patients receive optimal care remains a crucial challenge for MSPs. Sara Collins, MHA, CPCS, CPMSM, AVP of professional medical affairs at Lifepoint Health and an accomplished healthcare executive, caught up with CRCJ to share vital insights in this...
This is the latest in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, Greeley and Williams discuss using new technology to define medical staff functions.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 5
A CVO’s primary responsibility is to process provider applications for facility privileges (both initial appointments and reappointments) and occasionally for delegated health plans. This article covers several important factors that may come into play. No two applications are alike...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 5
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a physician’s claim of age discrimination against the health system in which he was employed. The Court found that the physician was unable to show that the health system’...
Last December, The Joint Commission (TJC) announced it would be eliminating the term “licensed independent practitioner” (LIP) from its standards. The TJC glossary previously stated the following definition for an LIP: “An individual permitted by law and by the organization to provide care,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 5
The Joint Commission’s move to extend the reappointment period for medical providers from two years to every three years has been met with a mixture of support and concern among credentialing leaders and medical staff. While the extension may offer administrative convenience, concerns have been...
Enrolling locum tenens providers properly will help your organization maintain its revenue stream while ensuring patients have access to the medical care they need.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 5
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) present opportunities in the credentialing and enrollment processes within the healthcare industry. Specifically, AI and ML can be used to automate and enhance various aspects of these processes.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 4
The District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) granted a university health system’s motion for summary judgment against a physician’s discrimination claim, finding it had a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for removing the physician from his role as program director:...