Every hospital sets unique policies specifying the level of malpractice insurance coverage practitioners must carry. When coverage is required by the organization’s medical staff bylaws, institutional policies, or rules and regulations, the medical staff services department must verify that each...
HCPro is currently seeking speakers to present at 2022 Credentialing Resource Center Virtual Symposium, June 28-29. We're looking for MSPs and medical staff leaders to present on a wide range of aspects of credentialing, privileging, and medical staff functions across any healthcare setting....
Medical staff service professionals and hospital leaders have long asked what is reportable to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) when taking disciplinary action against a physician. The NPDB is a centralized database overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that...
All U.S. states and territories are now subject to the CMS interim final rule requiring staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In a new memo to CMS state surveyors posted January 20, the agency added Texas as the final state subject to the rule after the last injunction was lifted from...
When making a request for privileges, applicants must meet the criteria and qualifications for those privileges, or their request will not be processed. Criteria for privileging is focused on competency to perform the requested patient care services. Eligibility criteria for privileges could...
