Physician employment has gained considerable ground over the past decade. In 2014, hospitals employed almost 123,000 physicians and dentists—a 76% rise from the 2003 rate, according to the American Hospital Association. This trend carries major challenges and opportunities for healthcare...
CRC Daily opens this week’s coverage of the ever-evolving practitioner vetting landscape with a closer look at criteria for managed care credentialing.
Accreditation and regulatory standards for managed care credentialing establish a minimum standard that health plans use to...
Given the physical barriers telemedicine poses to conventional credentialing, privileging, and peer review approaches, it’s important to pave new paths for confirming competence and fostering collegiality among all practitioners with ties to a facility. Empower distant practitioners to not only...
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that physicians spend twice as much time on electronic health records (EHR) and desk work than in direct clinical facetime with patients. Researchers came to this conclusion after observing 57 physicians in four specialties...
The Medical Staff Office Manual: Tools and Techniques for Success is a comprehensive guide that maps every aspect of the medical staff office, from onboarding and orienting physicians to querying other facilities for practitioner information and effectively...
A regular review of your medical staff bylaws not only ensures you are compliant with accreditors' and regulators' standards, but also verifies that the current actions of your medical staff members do not conflict with what is written in your bylaws.
