Credentialing and privileging approval depends on a variety of hard data sources, from NPDB information to internal quality data. But one equally weighted component comes from colleague references in the form of peer recommendations.
Editor's note: HCPro's new book, The Complete Guide to FPPE, is a great resource for any medical staff services department, as it combines the clinical, administrative, and legal aspects of focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) into one easy-to-use resource. Visit...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12
Medical staff services departments (MSSD) are usually bombarded with applications and rarely have the staff members to keep up with it all. MSPs or MSSD directors find themselves searching for ways to do all their work with the same amount of people. Meanwhile, stricter...
Historically, fraud and abuse claims were not connected to medical staff credentialing. Rather, medical staff credentialing is typically linked to cases in which a physician sues over denial of privileges or corrective action, negligent credentialing cases brought by patients,...
