Amy Niehaus, CPMSM, CPCS, MBA, answers the question: At what point in the medical staff credentialing process can an application for enrollment be submitted to the payers?
A recent survey conducted by LA BioMed asked surgical residents to state what an ideal salary would be after completing residency, and researchers found that female surgeons reported expected salaries that were approximately $30,000 less than that reported by their male counterparts. This was in...
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All accrediting and regulatory bodies require policies and procedures that describe the credentialing program of an MCO or health plan. Policies and procedures provide the framework under which MSPs and credentialing specialists perform their work. They also define the credentialing and...
"I think all organizations should be looking at a texting platform. Because you’re not going to stop folks from doing it. If you have somebody with their own phone and they text someone else, you can’t police it because you’re not monitoring that phone. So, what’s a good way to address that? It’...
