In some form or another, almost every practitioner has either heard of or been involved in a privileging criteria dispute. Fortunately, there are ways to resolve the situation—or to avoid it altogether.
Adhere to two important principles when creating criteria that could potentially be...
As employers continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released new guidance that attempts to answer questions related to employee pay and leave time. The guidance addresses protections and requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the ...
Delegated credentialing can improve enrollment turnaround times for providers, decrease paperwork for practitioners and staff, and reduce lost or delayed revenue; however, there are also risks...
Have an all-star MSP on your team? We want to know! Email CRC editor Karla Accorto at kaccorto@hcpro.com with their name, organization, email address, and a few sentences about what makes them such a great MSP and team member. Your nominated MSP could be...
Invasive cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons have the highest base salaries offered to recruits, according to a Merritt Hawkins report. On average, invasive cardiologists earn $640,000 and orthopedic surgeons earn $626,000.
Credentialing and privileging regulations for advanced practice professionals (APP) are currently a loose patchwork of federal and state statutes. Given this variability, today’s discussion centers on strategies that MSPs and medical staff leaders can use to identify and apply relevant laws to...
According to a new survey from the Larry A. Green Center and Primary Care Collaborative, many primary care practitioners are experiencing record-high burnout in the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This burnout stems largely from financial pressures resulting from the pandemic...
MSPs often struggle to receive information—including elements of medical staff applications—in a timely manner. Although the responsibility for providing the required information lies with the practitioner, there are certain things MSPs can do to be proactive.
If the burden of medical staff leadership was shared equally by all medical staff members, each member would spend a reasonable amount of time on their leadership duties. As a result, medical staff members would be less likely to consider these duties an additional burden worthy of monetary...
