Medical Staff Standards Crosswalk: A Quick Reference Guide to The Joint Commission, CMS, HFAP, and DNV compares medical staff-relevant standards across four accreditation and regulatory bodies: DNV, HFAP, TJC, and CMS. It includes sample tools, forms, and policies to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1
I always love the beginning of a new year because it provides an opportunity for reflection, modification, and improvement in our daily processes and interactions with our staff and customers. It also dictates the necessity to find time for those critical tasks that seem to...
Physicians and healthcare organizations that were on the fence about participating in an accountable care organization (ACO) may want to take a second look. In October 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final rule on ACOs, which has fewer...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 21, Issue 1
A-C-O. It's only three letters, but to many in the healthcare industry they represent one of the most confusing developments in healthcare-accountable care organizations.
The Superior Court in Maricopa County, AZ, overturned a trial court's decision barring a defendant hospital from communicating with its employees who had treated or were treating the plaintiff patient in a medical malpractice case.
