This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, and other important...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 7
As an incentive to physicians to provide call coverage, medical staffs should consider providing assistance with malpractice liability coverage. Malpractice coverage increasingly takes its toll on physician costs. Providing liability coverage helps defer those costs, particularly for ED patients...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 7
At minimum, a referring provider expects the hospitalist to provide notification on admission of his or her patient to the hospital, updates that include any acute changes in patient status, and notification of patient discharge.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 7
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, and other important...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 6
Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither are talented credentialing teams. Join Greeley experts and MSPs from the field as we once again gather at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the 13th Annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium. Click...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 6
There is no reason that an employed physician cannot serve on a panel unless he or she has a conflict of interest with the affected practitioner, just like any other practitioner.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 6
Allied health professionals (AHP) can and should be divided into two groups: advanced practice professionals (APP) and clinical assistants. Most hospitals do not include APPs or clinical assistants as members of the medical staff. However, because APPs must be credentialed and privileged in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 6
Don’t forget to check your mailbox (electronic or otherwise) to get the latest medical staff news. Here’s what you’ll find in the March issue of Medical Staff Briefing:
The Joint Commission spotlights
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 6
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, and other important...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 5
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) has implemented changes to Section 1921, which expands the practitioner information the data bank collects. More details about the new Section 1921 regulation can be found in the...