wasn’t long ago that PAs, NPs, and CRNAs could lose their privileges in a jiffy if the chief of staff of Adventist hospital decided it was necessary; there was no due process, hearing, or appeal rights, reports the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. A recent change to the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 3
Locum tenens is a Latin term for “placeholder” and is not used by The Joint Commission. It is typically a term recognized and used by traveling physicians who fill an institution’s need for a particular specialty or subspecialty for a specific time.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
Sometimes it is not the group that makes a decision in a meeting. Rather, it is a few dominant individuals who monopolize the discussion and leave no room for less assertive meeting attendees to speak. Those who are hesitant about voicing their opinions might need encouragement, and a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 2
Clinicians enjoy almost total job security, but management is a different story. Hospitalist programs are called upon to deliver ever-higher levels of clinical quality and patient satisfaction, but program directors have few tools to deliver on these mandates and must get good work from...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 1
Existing practitioners will maintain their current privileges until implementation of the new core privileging forms. During implementation, each practitioner will be required to request the same privileges he or she currently holds using the new core form for his or her specialty.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 1
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 1
In the February issue of Medical Staff Briefing, Anne Roberts, CPCS, CPMSM, senior director of medical affairs at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, shares some of her tips for being a strong MSP leader.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 52
A medical leave of absence is a leave granted for health concerns, usually 45 days or longer, that is not reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). By granting a leave of absence, the credentials committee and MEC protect patients without terminating the physician from the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 52
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
