The American Board of Radiology (ABR), defines pediatric radiologists as physicians who use imaging and interventional procedures related to the diagnosis, care, and management of congenital abnormalities (those present at birth) and diseases particular to infants and children. Pediatric...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 4
In a recent conversation, CRCJ recently spoke with author Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, advisory consultant and chief credentialing officer at The Greeley Company. She described some of the emerging challenges as well as "traditional" ones that allied health...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 3
Healthcare organizations facing staffing shortages may resort to granting temporary privileges and using locum tenens physicians. However, without full credentials verification, credentialing and privileging professionals may clinically and legally endanger patients and healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 2
CRC Symposium panelists Hugh Greeley and Todd Sagin, MD, JD, discuss what will differentiate this event from others. The context of credentialing might be an important distinction, as they explain below. The CRC Symposium will take place March 12?13 at Caesar's Palace in Las...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 12
Neurophysiological monitoring refers to any measure used to assess the functional integrity of the peripheral or central nervous system. Neurophysiological monitoring can be performed by clinical neurophysiologists or by intraoperative monitoring technologists, and it occurs in the OR, ICU, or...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 11
A difficult recruitment and retention environment—as well as patient, community, and hospital need—provide understandable pressure to quickly get certain practitioners and specialties credentialed and privileged. While CMS is silent regarding the use of temporary privileges or locum...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 10
Effective October 1, the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) has lowered the rates it charges for information about practitioners and organizations. The new fee to query the NPDB will be $3.00 for both continuous and one-time queries and $5.00 for self-queries.
All other...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 9
CMS' 2-midnight rule states that inpatient admissions are considered reasonable and necessary for stays that last at least two midnights. Stays that fall short of that benchmark should be billed as outpatient services.