Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Interdisciplinary Simulation Center puts medical staff members in real rooms, with real tools and real emergency situations. The only thing that is not real is the patient.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 45
A progressive approach is to pay medical staff leadership based on the accomplishments of key goals and objectives and not merely on the time spent in leadership roles.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 45
Physicians are heading back to school to learn a new skill: cooking healthy meals. In an effort to promote healthy living, some medical schools offer cooking schools for physicians.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 45
Having all documents related to physician performance in one easy-to-find spot may take a lot of effort upfront, but it will make conducting peer review easier. In this week’s blog post, Anne Roberts, CPCS, CPMSM, discusses the advantages of doing so and tips for getting it done.
Historically, fraud and abuse claims were not connected to medical staff credentialing. Rather, medical staff credentialing is typically linked to cases in which a physician sues over denial of privileges or corrective action, negligent credentialing cases brought by patients,...
In an effort to cut $33 million from its budget, Washington state has recently passed a law that limits Medicaid patients to three non-emergent ED visits per year. It will not cover visits beyond the initial three, even if the visit constitutes a true emergency. To determine...
