Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Requests for privileges

January 24, 2022

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...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 1

Texas Court of Appeals: Hospital can't be forced to grant temporary privileges to ivermectin-prescribing physician

January 24, 2022

The Texas Court of Appeals (the "Court") reversed and vacated a trial court's temporary injunction ordering a hospital to grant temporary hospital privileges to a physician for the sole purpose of administering ivermectin to a patient suffering from the aftereffects of COVID-19.

The...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Massachusetts issues emergency orders to address hospital staffing shortages

January 19, 2022

To ease strain on the state's healthcare system, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) issued several emergency orders aimed to address continued critical staffing shortages. Since the beginning of 2021, staffing shortages have contributed to the loss of approximately 700 medical/...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 32, Issue 1

Building trust with vulnerable communities during the pandemic

January 19, 2022

Trust in the U.S. healthcare system took a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic as many members of the general public struggled with misinformation and conflicting medical advice and guidelines, particularly those in his-torically marginalized communities. These communities were already vulnerable...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Don't forego new physician orientation

January 17, 2022

Each organization should have some level of orientation for its physicians, as there are many organizational and regulatory requirements that physicians should be made aware of. MSPs should work with the president of the medical staff, the vice president of medical affairs, and the credentials...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 1

Should you centralize credentialing through a CVO?

January 17, 2022

Is it time to move toward a centralized verification organization (CVO)? Many organizations are doing so to streamline the credentialing process, reduce administrative redundancies, and lower costs, according to Jodie Chant, MPA/HCA, BHSA, CPCS, RHIT, president of Jodie Chant Consulting/Chant...

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