The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) recently made changes to its Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) program, including a new entry/re-entry process.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 5
At some point during their tenure, physician leaders will be faced with the tough decision of whether to let an impaired or disruptive physician back on the medical staff. What can they do? Where should they start? R. Dean White, DDS, MS, featured Credentialing Resource Center Symposium speaker...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 5
Medical staffs should include a provision in the bylaws stating that if there is a contractual arrangement between the hospital and any member of the medical staff, the terms of the contract take precedence over the bylaws, says Michael Callahan, an attorney at Katten Muchen Rosenman, LLP, in...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 13, Issue 5
Create strategic solutions to privileging low- and no-volume practitioners with advice from two leading medical staff and credentialing experts. In this online program, Yisrael M. Safeek, MD, MBA, CPE, FACPE, an experienced physician leader and former Joint Commission surveyor, and Sally...
Access to the Internet has made it easier to track down credentialing information, but it has also opened the door to potential legal risks. The job for credentialing specialists has become verifying the validity of credentialing information found on the Internet. Training MSPs...
A Thurston County (WA) Superior Court judge blocked a law that aimed to limit Medicaid patients to three non-emergent ED visits per year. The court ruled the state failed to follow proper procedures. Washington state's Health Care Agency (HCA) must now hold hearings and collect...
