Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

Leadership equation: 7C + 1 = successPart 4: Handling competition

December 1, 2013

Given the lack of economic alignments, shrinking or flat reimbursements, and emergence of new technologies, it is almost inevitable that there will be competition between physicians and hospitals. The real challenge is figuring out a way to successfully and simultaneously collaborate and compete...

Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 12

Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider, December 2013

December 1, 2013

Navigating the pitfalls of APP credentialing and competency assessments

The expanding role of APPs in healthcare has forced hospitals to find creative ways to appropriately credential and evaluate practitioners

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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12

CMS deficiency information: Is your facility prepared?

December 1, 2013

CMS has posted publicly accessible hospital survey deficiency data on its website, and plans to do so on a regular basis. Hospitals must be prepared to acknowledge CMS deficiencies and answer questions about practitioners and the care they provide. Medical services professionals...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

New AMA policies address medical residency

November 22, 2013

During the American Medical Association (AMA) interim meeting this week, members of the AMA House of Delegates adopted two policies to address the changing nature of U.S. medical residencies. One of the new policies asks the AMA to study the effect of ever-increasing Match participants against...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

ECFMG pilots medical elective exchange system

November 22, 2013

The Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is pilot testing an international partnership that aims to enhance and simplify the process of medical elective exchanges for medical schools and students worldwide. Using the Global Education in Medicine Exchange (GEMx) system,...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Staff, visitors sue Nevada hospital in TB case

November 22, 2013

Eight employees, former patients and visitors have filed a negligence lawsuit seeking damages from a Las Vegas hospital where they say they were exposed to a woman and at least one newborn baby with tuberculosis. The civil lawsuit filed Monday in Nevada state court alleges that administrators at...

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