According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), healthcare workers are increasingly reporting workplace harassment, burnout, and poor mental health. To address this issue, NIOSH launched Impact Wellbeing, a national campaign to address the mental health crisis...
Looking to earn continuing education credits? The National Provider Enrollment Forum offers attendees the chance to earn 12 AAPC continuing education hours.
The National Provider Enrollment Forum returns September...
Before beginning any complex process, it is imperative to have a blueprint for that process in place. Such a blueprint for credentialing allows the process to be both efficient and consistent. Making up a process as you go along takes a lot of time and effort, and runs the risk of appearing to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 33, Issue 5
Hospitals must ensure patients are not subject to sensitive examinations while under anesthesia without providers and trainees first obtaining and documenting the patient’s informed consent, according to revised interpretive guidance released by CMS last month.
Oftentimes, medical staffs suffer from a punitive or indifferent peer review culture. The good news is that peer review culture can indeed change to one that supports physician improvement and the pursuit of excellence. However, although policies can change quickly, true culture change is slow,...
