Is it time to move toward a centralized verification organization (CVO)? Many organizations are doing so to streamline the credentialing process, reduce administrative redundancies, and lower costs, according to Jodie Chant, MPA/HCA, BHSA, CPCS, RHIT, president of Jodie Chant Consulting/Chant...
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, people in a variety of careers and of all ages and socioeconomic levels are reevaluating their priorities and, in many cases, making career moves. While stories of people leaving their jobs and often their homes in urban centers for a less fast-paced...
The healthcare sector once again showed little change in employment numbers in December, according to the newest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment report, issued last week.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 1
What a couple of years it’s been. We’re almost 24 months out from when COVID-19 started to spread globally, eventually causing millions of deaths and rocking the healthcare industry, and the world, to the core. MSPs have been challenged since then on an administrative, emotional, and personal...
Remember way back to mid-November when you were counting the days until the beginning of the next medical staff calendar year? Well, the New Year has begun, and with it comes new medical staff leadership, new department chairs, and a host of other changes that require your medical staff's...
The standards in The Joint Commission’s Medical Staff chapter focus mainly on governance and organization of the medical staff, credentialing and privileging licensed independent practitioners, and overseeing the clinical activities of those practitioners.
