Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 21, Issue 4

Step-by-step guide to developing privilege criteria

April 1, 2011

Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, president of Best Practices Consulting Group in Intervale, NH, and Christina W. Giles, CPMSM, MS, president of Medical Staff Solutions in Nashua, NH, answered questions on the ­toughest privileging criteria challenges during "Step-by-Step Guide to...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 13

The DOJ and ICDs: Understanding Medicare beyond admission, observation, and necessity-for-stay issues

March 31, 2011

The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and credentialing...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 13

Nurses still afraid to speak up with patient safety on the line

March 31, 2011

Despite safety protocols and checklists, patient safety still could be at risk. Why? Because nurses are still afraid to speak up when they see physicians and other colleagues taking shortcuts or performing incompetently. A new study by the...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 13

ACOs might not be profitable off the bat

March 31, 2011

An article in the March 23 New England Journal of Medicine suggests that accountable care organizations (ACOs) may lose money during the first three years.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 13

The dos and don'ts of creating a code of conduct policy

March 31, 2011

The way your medical staff goes about developing and enforcing a code of conduct policy can affect the policy’s effectiveness. Consider the following dos and don’ts when developing a policy at your institution.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 12

State medical boards fail to discipline physicians

March 24, 2011

More than half of U.S. physicians whose negligence, malpractice, sexual abuse, fraud, or other behaviors result in censure by hospital peer review escape state medical board licensing action, according to national health watchdog group, Public Citizen.

 

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