Recent news of more than 7,500 fraudulent nursing degrees being issued should serve as a shocking reminder for healthcare organizations to check their verification processes.
By now, most MSPs are aware that The Joint Commission and ACHC/HFAP have made significant changes to their reappointment process for healthcare practitioners. The reappointment cycle has been extended from two years to three years for practitioners who hold medical staff appointments or clinical...
This is the third in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, we join Williams and Greeley as they discuss how to make your quality improvement process less punitive.
This month we continue our dive into the pain points that provider enrollment professionals face. During the recent National Provider Enrollment Virtual Event, speakers fielded attendee-submitted questions about the processes involved with enrolling practitioners and facilities with both...
We’d all like to think every piece of information that comes to the medical staff during the peer review process is legitimate and devoid of hearsay and invalid sources. Would be nice, right?
In a bit of positive news, it appears that MSP compensation is on an upward swing. The number of MSPs making more than $100,000 has increased over the past year, according to the 2022 MSP Salary Survey. In the tail end of 2022, 25.8% of respondents reported earning more than $100,000,...
As reported last month in MSB, NCQA launched its Health Equity Accreditation programs to provide organizations with frameworks of actionable steps to overcome disparities in care and health outcomes. Organizations seeking these accreditations must demonstrate a commitment to continuously...
This is the second in a continuing series of articles designed for medical staff leaders and their associates. This month, we join Hugh Greeley and Herman Williams, MD, MPH, MBA, as they discuss recent news from The Joint Commission.
During the National Provider Enrollment Virtual Event, held November 8–9, speakers took attendees on a deep dive into the complex processes of enrolling practitioners and facilities with both government and private payers, leaving them with best practices for developing and sustaining successful...
The new year brings new opportunities and a clean slate. In the world of medical staff services, turning the calendar to a new year simply means continuing to improve processes, communication with physicians, and regulatory compliance—all in the name of patient safety.
