The NCQA has released PCMH 2014, an update of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) standards that it uses to assess primary care practices seeking PCMH recognition.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
As more organizations examine or pursue PCMH for care delivery, MSPs should take a hard look at NCQA's data collection and reporting guidelines, as well as their organization's own internal requirements and accreditation guidelines.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
Jack Cox, MD, MMM, recently spoke with HCPro Managing Editor Karen Kondilis about his experiences as an author and a reader. Cox is coauthor, along withRosemary Dragon, CPMSM, CPCS; and Christine Hearst, CPMSM, of "Resolve Practitioner Turf Conflicts:...
Updates to the NPDB Guidebook are being met with some resistance from legal and regulatory organizations, particularly concerning the way in which the NPDB defines an investigation.
In this article we'll discuss the evolving role of the NP, and some of the major issues facing those contemplating the new law and their hospital's policy for granting NP autonomy. Since organizations can set a credentialing policy for NPs that is more restrictive than the requirements of state...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 6
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's glossary, a Just Culture is defined as "a culture that recognizes that competent professionals make mistakes and acknowledges that even competent professionals will develop unhealthy norms (shortcuts or 'routine rule...
