According to the CMS Conditions of Participation for Medical Staff, §482.22, a hospital must have an organized medical staff that operates under bylaws approved by the governing body and is responsible for the quality of medical care provided to patients by the hospital. In addition to...
If accreditation were based on a straightforward, coordinated set of requirements across states and agencies, no one would have questions. Instead, there are myriad requirements that can seem to conflict. For help navigating the chaotic space where accreditiation and credentialing intersect,...
Overall, the responses to the 2015 MSP Salary Survey question "Which organization accredits your facility?" didn't change much from 2014. The Joint Commission accredits 76% of respondents' facilities, according to the 2015 results, and this continues the organization's incremental gains since...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 25
Physicians who take extended leaves have limited options to help bring them back up to speed to practice. Whether they take time off to raise children, care for family members, or return from retirement, physicians are often asked to prove they are competent to see patients again.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 25
A jury ordered an anesthesiologist and her practice to pay $500,000 after a patient’s phone recorded the surgical team mocking him while he was sedated for a colonoscopy.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 25
The American Hospital Association’s Health Research & Educational Trust affiliate recently published the results of a survey looking into hospitals’ practices to engage patients and their families. The survey included 25 key practices and asked hospitals to report which ones they had adopted...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 25
“Our goal from the get-go has been to turn people on to primary care, and to turn the ship in the other direction… Takes a long time to turn a ship, though.”
- Michael Rosenblum, MD, discusses the shrinking number of primary care physicians in a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 25
HCPro would like to offer a medical staff professional (MSP) e-learning library. These e-learning courses for credentialing and privileging would allow MSPs to complete training modules to improve their skills or learn new ones. Course topics could include credentialing...
To make case review during meetings efficient, all initial review needs to occur outside of the meeting. If a review has not been completed prior to the meeting, it should not go on the agenda, and if it’s not on the agenda, the committee doesn’t discuss it. The committee might waste time...
This table provides an excellent overview of the opportunities of FPPE. Created by Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, the organization uses this table as a way to assist with the process of determining which activity would provide the best feedback, depending on the situation. Note the...
