HCPro is now offering some of our popular medical staff leadership titles as eBooks. With physician leaders constantly on the go, or not being physically present in the hospital as often as they once were, you may be struggling to provide them the education they need. eBooks are the solution,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is implementing steps this year to hopefully reduce the amount of time it takes providers to become enrolled in its state Medicaid program, Physical Health Managed Care Organizations (PH-MCO). Beginning in 2016, the managed care organizations have to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
Medical staff leaders need to understand that the path followed for non-conformance by employed physicians may follow a different process than that outlined in medical staff documents. A best practice is to develop a clear policy for how the more common performance issues will be handled. This...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
This week, Medicare officials announced the creation of 121 new accountable care organizations (ACO). Almost 8.9 million Medicare beneficiaries will now be getting their care through ACOs, an increase of about 1 million beneficiaries receiving care under this model. ACOs are hoped to improve...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
