The appellate review committee or panel, which is usually made up of members of the governing board, plays a limited role when a physician appeals a hearing judgment to the governing board, says John Harwell, Esq., a healthcare attorney based in Manhattan Beach, CA. The committee’s primary goal...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 52
Focus on the actions taken during the meeting, rather than the discussion that led to the decision, suggests Halina J. Henning, CPMSM, CPCS, senior manager of medical staff administration at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “It boils down to what decisions the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 52
Whenever a new year approaches, I think about my dad’s perspective on New Year’s resolutions. He believes that if you want to change your life, you should start now—there is no reason to wait for January 1. Although he has a valid point, you...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 51
Economic credentialing assesses, as a qualifying factor, the financial impact of accepting a physician onto the hospital’s medical staff. Although the American Medical Association defines economic credentialing as an evaluation of economic factors unrelated to quality of care, this is generally...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 51
Have you ever found yourself in a brainstorming session during which so many ideas were flying around the room that it seemed impossible to organize them all? Try using an affinity diagram to group a large number of ideas into organizational categories.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 51
The Joint Commission released a draft of standard MS.01.01.01 (formerly MS.1.20) and its 36 EPs on its Web site for field review last week. The field review will be open until January 28, 2010. This review gives...
