Keeping ahead of new ≠technology privileging issues
Chances are good that your medical services department has already been given the challenging task of assessing a telemedicine ≠providers' competency or for a practitioner who is using a
A key element to the physician credentialing and privileging process is querying the NPDB, a step that has become standard practice whenever a credentialing committee is considering a new candidate or an existing physician is renewing privileges.
Tucked away on the far side of mountain passes in northeast Oregon, the 25-bed critical access Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande provides much-needed care for a populace that can be cut off from larger facilities by a single snowstorm.
Having a competent, engaged chief of staff (aka medical staff president, medical staff chairman) is a key factor in a medical services professional's job satisfaction. It goes beyond liking the individual on a personal basis. The physician leader whom the medical staff services...
Does your organization have a utilization management committee?
Did you know that, hidden away in the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP), there is an often-overlooked requirement that is ideal for increasing medical staff involvement and improving practice evaluation...