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When it comes to staying ahead of critical practitioner vetting deadlines, such as privilege expiration dates, automation is your best friend, experts agree. The software on the market today offers a bevy of built-in reminders—checks, suspense dates, and popups—to help credentialers keep track...
Credentialing and privileging lapses in the ambulatory arena have a familiar calling card: too few staff wearing too many hats. Compared to the average hospital, ambulatory facilities have much shorter rosters of affiliated practitioners, meaning a lone employee may constitute the entire...
When it comes to digital adoption, a recent survey suggests that the world of healthcare credentialing is catching on. What was once a predominantly paper-based process for healthcare organizations, physicians, and advanced practitioners is now...
"When there's a decision to make, I routinely ask myself one question — 'What is best for the patient?' ... We're here because of our patients; if we put patients and their needs first, we know we're doing the right thing."
"This settlement brings closure to a long legal fight over the improper interference into the physician-patient relationship and the autonomy of a medical staff's responsibility for medical decision making and peer review."
- California Medical Association President Theodore M. Mazer, MD...
A sneak-peek at results from the 2018 MSP Salary Survey supports the increasing trend of MSPs taking a greater role in provider enrollment and delegated credentialing activities.
"Experience teaches us that this is occurring across the country," says Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS. "APPs are expanding skills under the tutelage of their supervising or collaborating physician sponsors. Sometimes this is being done without the organization’s knowledge or approval. If an...
“Many nurses are head of households, or have income that’s important to their families, so finances weight heavily on these decisions, which is why many stay working in the private sector.”
- Judy Schmidt, CEO of the New Jersey State Nurses Association, discusses the crucial role college...
