When talking about his decision to take on various medical staff leadership roles,James J. Fitzgibbon, MD, FAAP,says it was simply expected of all of medical staff members as part of their citizenship. However, Fitzgibbon’s long, rich history as a medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
How do you make OPPE and FPPE more than just an item on the regulatory compliance checklist? Although it has been 10 years since The Joint Commission released its ongoing and focused professional practice evaluation standards, organizations are still struggling to develop meaningful processes...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
Today’s medical staffs are far more complex than their predecessors. The growing diversity in practitioners’ specialties, affiliations, and relationships adds ever-more steps, stakeholders, and complications to credentialing, privileging, and provider enrollment. What’s more, failure to align...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
Navigating the reappointment process, with its patchwork of expiration dates and verification expectations, can be difficult for ambulatory facilities, which often lack the dedicated credentialing presence of their acute care counterparts.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
What’s in your compliance code? Though not technically mandatory, best practices and, in some cases, plans of correction, call for hospitals to create a compliance program with a plan or code applicable to its operation.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
The Supreme Court of Florida (the “Supreme Court”) has reversed a controversial Florida First District Appellate Court (the “Appellate Court”) decision. The Appellate Court had held that the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) preempted a provision of the Florida...
