In order to be compliant with The Joint Commission’s requirements of establishing and tracking practitioner competency using measurable data, MSOs must apply and adopt a standard framework defining the dimensions of privileged practitioners’ performance.
But just like all healthcare...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
Four lawsuits were recently filed against UC Health, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and West Chester Hospital for allowing a spine surgeon perform unnecessary procedures. According to the Cincinnati Business Currier, Atiq Durrani, MD, was indicted on 46 federal charges in 2013,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
Last year, CMS updated key provisions of its medical staff Conditions of Participation. HCPro teamed up with Michael R. Callahan, Esq., to present a webcast on these changes. If you missed it the first time around, now is your chance to listen: HCPro will rebroadcast the webcast,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
“Digital intimacy is another difference between the generations. Boomers and seniors speak different languages when it comes to digital activity, electronic health records and the entire information transformation compared with the younger generations, who have worked with computers earlier in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
The popularity and growth of retail medical clinics and pharmacies continue to increase. And now CVS will brings its popular MinuteClinics into the popular retailer Target. The two companies announced earlier this week that CVS would acquire Target’s pharmacy and clinic business for about $1.9...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 24
I was sitting in class this week listening to a marketing presentation about CVS. I was surprised by the high number of fellow students who said they have used a retail medical clinic, such as CVS’s MinuteClinic. It was also announced this week that CVS would...
