Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

Joint Commission on OPPE/FPPE

December 1, 2013

For most medical staffs, OPPE and FPPE have become everyday parlance. Others still think of them as four-letter words. Now, several years after OPPE and FPPE were added to The Joint Commission's standards for hospitals, some facilities are still struggling to perfect their practices.

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12

CMS deficiency information: Is your facility prepared?

December 1, 2013

CMS has posted publicly accessible hospital survey deficiency data on its website, and plans to do so on a regular basis. Hospitals must be prepared to acknowledge CMS deficiencies and answer questions about practitioners and the care they provide. Medical services professionals...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12

Credentialing Resource Center Journal, December 2013

December 1, 2013

Accountable care organizations (ACO) are touted as a way to lower Medicare costs and reward organizations for providing team-based quality patient care. Results have been mixed so far (see sidebar, p. 3), but entities continue to launch or join ACOs for several reasons. For many, it's...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

Bringing patients and providers together

December 1, 2013

Communication—whether among physicians, between physicians and nurses, or between physicians and patients—remains central to the ongoing discussion of quality improvement in hospitals and how to build physician ownership and involvement.

Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 12

Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider, December 2013

December 1, 2013

Navigating the pitfalls of APP credentialing and competency assessments

The expanding role of APPs in healthcare has forced hospitals to find creative ways to appropriately credential and evaluate practitioners

The role

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Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

Medical Staff Briefing, December 2013

December 1, 2013

Bringing patients and providers together

International organization improves communication by inviting patients to the table

Communication-whether among physicians, between physicians and nurses, or between physicians

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