NAMSS releases best practice criteria for credentialing

The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) has released the Ideal Credentialing Standards (ICS), a list of 13 criteria for establishing an applicant’s qualifications for medical staff membership and clinical privileges.
 

To determine a candidate’s professional competencies, the ICS recommends that MSPs use primary sources to verify the following 13 criteria:
 

·         Proof of identity

·         Education and training

·         Military service

·         Professional licensure

·         DEA registration and State DPS and certification

·         Board certification

·         Affiliation and work history

·         Criminal background disclosure

·         Sanctions disclosure

·         Health status

·         National Practitioners Data Bank reports

·         Malpractice insurance

·         Professional references
 

All information to support the 13 criteria should be primary-source verified within 120 days at the time of credentialing review, according to the ICS document.