Two of the most critical functions of the medical staff are determining and recommending current clinical competence for each practitioner exercising privileges in the facility. MSPs support this function by ensuring that each practitioner's file contains information for the...
Physicians are constantly bombarded with information, and it can be difficult to decide which correspondence to respond to first. You may forget about important e-mails that get buried deep in your inbox, and although you have every intention of responding to voice mails, it's...
Hospitalists are an integral, indispensable part of hospitals' around-the-clock operations. They are increasingly responsible for in-hospital patient care and necessary for managing publicly reportable clinical and service-related outcomes. At the same time, hospitalists can be...
For more than two decades, there has been a theme emerging as physician leaders face the challenge presented by divergent practices in reimbursement: Misaligned incentives seems to be the diagnosis.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 33
Medical staffs might wonder what to do when the number zero shows up on a physician’s ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) report. Is it a red flag? Is the information usable? Is that particular indicator meaningful?
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 34
