The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s granting of summary judgement, finding that an employer may offer to hire an applicant on the condition that she undergoes a medical examination confirming her ability to perform the job’s...
Unfortunately, ineffective peer review can and does happen at hospitals across the country. An organization's ineffective peer review system may be brought to light by examining publicly reported performance measurements, successful lawsuits that are the results of poor physician performance, or...
A recent survey shows provider directory maintenance can be expensive and that, in the absence of an affordable technical fix, you’ll have to tighten up your record updating if you want to reduce those costs.
CAQH, the nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations best known...
Over 20% of commercially insured adults who underwent a common in-network surgical procedure between January 2012 and September 2017 received surprise charges for the episode from out-of-network clinicians, according to a recent...
Time is one of the resources most valued by physicians. As a medical staff leader, when you chair a meeting, one way to show respect for your fellow physicians is to end all meetings on time.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 2
A privilege dispute among practitioners can be overwhelming, to say the least. In these situations, it is up to medical staff leaders and medical staff professionals (MSP) to remain calm, review processes and policies, and not jump to any quick solutions just to settle the dispute.
