Many providers have faced a challenging year with COVID-19 and shifted priorities to deal with the public health emergency. Now, if your organization is experiencing a break in the critical care needs of patients, this is a good time to implement any lessons learned during the pandemic. What...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 8
The Supreme Court of Kentucky (the "Court") reversed a lower court's ruling, finding that a root cause analysis (RCA) report was protected by an amended portion of the state's peer review statute. The plaintiffs, the estate of Donald Patrick Reddington Sr., sued Jewish Hospital (the "Hospital")...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 8
The Joint Commission recently made changes to three Medical Staff chapter requirements. Two elements of performance (EP) have been revised and one has been deleted, effective as of July 1. In this article, CRCJ will focus on the changes from MS.06.01.05, EP 11 regarding where to include language...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 7
The Supreme Court of Iowa (the "Court") recently ruled that evidence of prior malpractice lawsuits against a physician was admissible in a negligent credentialing lawsuit against a hospital because it was relevant to the hospital's credentialing decision.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 7
Have you heard the acronym CVO lately and wondered what it stands for? Credentials verification organizations (CVO) are entities that perform a set of credentialing activities on behalf of clients (e.g., hospital medical staff services department, health plan) pursuant to an agreement. A CVO can...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 7
The Joint Commission has made changes to three Medical Staff chapter requirements. Two elements of performance (EP) have been revised and one has been deleted, and they are effective as of July 1.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 6
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) was created to help hospitals vet physicians and keep problem physicians from traveling from hospital to hospital. Hospitals are required to check the NPDB when they add a new physician to the medical staff.
