Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 24

Governance Institute releases findings of medical staff structure survey

June 24, 2004

The Governance Institute's members had questions about medical staff structure. To get answers to those questions, Hugh Greeley, a faculty member of The Governance Institute and founder of The Greeley Company, launched a survey that was sent to all organization members.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 23

Create a QI culture

June 16, 2004

The medical executive committee (MEC) is a democratically elected organization appointed to conduct quality monitoring. However, individual physicians must also be held accountable for the quality of care they deliver. To encourage physicians to take this approach, your organization must create...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 23

OIG okays conflict-of-interest policies

June 16, 2004

The Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) recently released draft compliance guidance, published in the June 8 Federal Register, affirms earlier guidance that states that physician conflict-of-interest policies directed at physician ownership of outpatient ambulatory surgical centers and...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 22

OIG focuses on medical credentialing

June 10, 2004

The Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) recently released draft compliance guidance identifies medical staff credentialing as a risk area. The draft guidance was published in the June 8 Federal Register.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 21

Boards may be accountable for compliance and ethics programs

June 3, 2004

Governing boards will be required to take an active role in the content and operation of their organization’s compliance initiatives if the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s proposed standards for compliance and ethics programs are accepted by Congress.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 5, Issue 20

Core measures and "pay for quality

May 27, 2004

The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 will bring "pay for quality" to the attention of every hospital and medical staff. As a result of the bill, hospitals that fail to submit data to the federal government about its performance on core measures will receive 0....

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