Among ambulatory care facilities, The Joint Commission standard that states an organization grants initial, renewed, or revised clinical privileges to those who are permitted to practice independently topped the list of five requirements that were most frequently identified as “not compliant” in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 14
“While computers are great at sorting through data quickly and efficiently, humans aren't. In fact, ‘more’ often clogs our ability to discern and decide,” wrote David M. Denton, MD, a board-certified pediatrician, in InformationWeek. “At present, humans are still required to use the data...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 14
Every year, thousands of New Yorkers find themselves responsible for a surprise medical bill from a physician, like an anesthesiologist, who becomes involved in their care but, unbeknownst to the patient, is not covered by their insurance. Now a provision in the state budget agreement, announced...
The practitioner reappointment process in hospitals is every bit as important to the credentialing process as initial appointments, even though it is sometimes viewed by practitioners as merely a bureaucratic exercise.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 4
Last November, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced plans to revise the NPDB Guidebook, the National Practitioner Data Bank's (NPDB) policy manual. In November 2013, the HRSA provided a draft of the new...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 4
BREAKING NEWS! April 1, 2017 - After 10 years of OPPE and FPPE, The Joint Commission released a press release announcing that the whole professional practice evaluation program was actually a study in the sheer willpower of MSPs. The notification came after a confidential email had been leaked...
