Disruptive professional behavior—it’s an old problem that’s been receiving a lot of renewed attention. It seems as though news breaks every day about the alleged sexual misconduct of yet another prominent figure in Hollywood or Washington D.C. Sexual harassment is one specific branch in a larger...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 12
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires covered entities (CE) to protect and confidentially handle patients’ protected health information (PHI). MSPs, physicians, and their organizations must remain vigilant or risk violating HIPAA. Luckily, HIPAA is a fairly cut...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 11
Finding that external peer review reports are not protected from disclosure by the state constitution, the Florida Supreme Court (the “Court”) reversed the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal of Florida regarding a case of a patient suing a hospital for medical negligence, including...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 12
I started working with doctors as a college student. During the summers, the company-owned hospital where my mom worked paid me pretty well to work in the outpatient reception area, preparing medical records for patient appointments and then filing them. This small but creditable hospital only...
The following is hardly an exhaustive list but rather a potpourri of ideas and thoughts that can help the individual recharge, re-energize, and re-engage. There is no one size fits all, but maybe something will click and engage you or a member of your medical staff to address the burnout...
Upset by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) requirements for Maintenance of Certification, Paul Teirstein, MD, chief of cardiology for Scripps Clinic in San Diego, decided to find a solution for his frustration. In 2015, Teirstein founded the National Board of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 12
As healthcare organizations continue to redraw and dismantle the department lines that once divided medical staff credentialing and provider enrollment, the growing continent of MSPs driving both functions must get up to speed on all relevant standards and determine how to achieve the most...
According to the Society of Hospital Medicine, nearly 90% of hospitalists specialize in general internal medicine, with smaller percentages focusing on pediatrics, family practice, and pediatric internal medicine.
The following is from Adena Health System in Chillicothe, Ohio, explaining the steps that happen in its revised and streamlined onboarding process. For more details about how Adena improved its provider onboarding, read this...
