The first step in choosing an appropriate overall physician-to-population ratio for a community is to use publicly available data to obtain or estimate current physician-to-population ratios in as many comparable medical markets as possible.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 37
Two articles in the August 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine highlight the difficulty in assessing the work product of physicians. The first article, “Quality Measures and the Individual Physician,” describes the difficulties encountered by a primary care physician, Danielle Ofri,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 37
To establish fair market value for physician ED call services, determine what those services actually are. Use objective data and ask physicians which of their ED services may be weighed. Keep in mind that services include more than procedures performed; they may also include information about...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 37
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 37
How should an organization proceed in developing or revisiting a policy covering clinical assistants and advanced practice professionals? To simplify matters, if a policy doesn’t currently exist, the best place to begin is to evaluate the current scope of practitioners allowed to practice within...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 36
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
