A medical staff member wishes to apply for new privileges to perform carotid artery stenting. The vascular surgeons at your hospital feel that it is their responsibility to determine who in the organization can perform this procedure. However, the departments of interventional radiology,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 5
That decision is up to your hospital and the state. Some institutions consider dentists, psychologists, and podiatrists to be medical staff members, while others consider them AHPs. Most institutions consider physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners (certified nurse-...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 5
Last week, we discussed selecting the right indicators for your physician competency report. Once you have selected the appropriate indicators for each of the six core competencies, it is time to start collecting data, but this can be a challenge for many hospitals with limited data collection...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 5
It is always useful to examine and dispel common myths regarding clinical privileges. One of the most common is that clinical privileges are "owned by physicians." Physicians are granted privileges by the board upon recommendation by the medical staff. Many physicians have difficulty...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 4
Surprisingly, the role of paid medical management, such as the chief medical officer, vice president of medical affairs, or medical director, is not to manage the performance of physicians on the medical staff. That responsibility lies in the hands of the organized medical staff. Paid medical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 4
In the past, hospitals created their own indicators for evaluating physician performance, but today, they can pick and choose from a plethora of national standards, including those from The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. However, not all...
