Although the healthcare community is trying to reduce the number of admissions to cut down on costs, as more patients lose their health insurance, physicians may need to make some difficult decisions. Jesse M. Pines, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology at the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 32
If you have a problematic doctor on staff who requires an intervention, don’t approach him or her without preparing first. Practice with a colleague before approaching the physician in question. Here are some practice tips:
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 32
If your medical staff office’s existing credentialing software helps you create and generate credentialing reports but gets a failing grade for compatibility with your privilege forms, don’t start from scratch. Consider a software add-on that will help you develop, maintain, and disseminate...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 32
The associate category is a non-voting category. It usually consists of new appointees to the medical staff who may not vote for one year while they “learn the system” at their new hospital. Some medical staffs feel that if you are a medical staff member you should be allowed to vote and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 32
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 31
If your medical staff services department’s existing credentialing software helps you create and generate credentialing reports but gets a failing grade for compatibility with your privilege forms, don’t start from scratch. Consider a software add-on that will help you develop, maintain, and...
