Once the OPPE/FPPE program is fully designed and implemented, an oversight committee must ensure that the various steps of the process occur as expected and that practitioners adhere to the procedures. An ineffective (but common) approach to program oversight is having the medical staff quality...
To ensure that the credentials committee benefits from interested, experienced, and knowledgeable members, the members of the credentials committee should be able to serve significant tenures (e.g., three or more years).
Airlines and aviation have often been held up as standards for safety, but can what they do apply to hospitals, clinics, labs, and other healthcare organizations? This is Part 2 of an interview with Jeffrey Salvon-Harman, MD, CPE, CPPS, vice president at the Institute for...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 32, Issue 11
A robust peer review process often hinges on collaboration among a variety of disciplines. Specific participants are selected according to medical staff policies and procedures. In addition to the practitioner and the designated reviewer, additional support staff, including medical staff...
Time is running out to take the Credentialing Resource Center’s (CRC) MSP Salary Survey which measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping the careers of MSPs across the industry.
The number of nonphysician practitioners applying for privileges at hospitals today is growing rapidly. In some places, the applications from nonphysicians regularly outpace those from doctors. Fashioning a dedicated committee (or subcommittee) to evaluate the credentials of nonphysician...
