Nearly everybody’s got ‘em, and nobody wants ‘em. Privileging disputes seem to rear their ugly head when new procedures are developed, training patterns change, or reimbursement issues draw the medical staff’s attention. However, armed with the proper educational resources and diplomatic actions...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 30
With the Joint Commission performing unannounced accreditation surveys, organizations must be in a state of continuous readiness. In addition, in recent years, Joint Commission surveyors have focused on the participation of the medical staff during a survey. Below are some tips for medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 30
Regardless of their reasons for not being active at the hospital, many low-volume practitioners want to maintain medical staff membership because their managed care plans require them to be affiliated with a hospital. Although the National Committee for Quality Assurance no longer requires this...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 30
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 30
Remember, the term credentialing refers to the overall process of gathering and verifying credentials information, reviewing that information, and making a decision to grant or deny medical staff membership. Although appointing physicians to the medical staff and granting them clinical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 29
Looking to brush up on your business writing skills? According to Lynn Gaertner-Johnston, founder of Syntax Training, a Seattle-based consulting and education firm, “A big mistake is to focus on what one has to say rather than what the reader needs. We end up writing a lot of information that...
