To determine exactly what tasks the medical staff office carries out on a daily basis, the medical staff director or administrator should prepare a time-management log for each employee in the medical staff office. This should include a log of all telephone calls and every task performed daily...
This week’s quick tip comes from Credentialing A to Z, by Mary Long, CPMSM. When bylaws are revised, MSPs are usually charged with notifying the medical staff of the changes, documenting them, and knowing where the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 8
Identifying red flags within credentialing applications can be the first step to protecting yourself and your facility from a successful plaintiff litigation. In the 90-minute webcast, which includes 30 minutes of Q&A, expert Mark A. Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, discusses ways to recognize issues...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 8
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that information collected under the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act (Credentials Act) is confidential but not privileged. Because of this ruling, a hospital being sued for negligent credentialing has to produce the medical staff...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 8
Patients who live in rural areas are now driving even further for obstetric care as rural hospitals close their labor and delivery units. An article published by Health Services Research looked at rural hospitals across nine states with at least 10 births in 2010. Of those 306 hospitals, 7% (21...
