Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 29

Medical Staff Alert: New Medicare law changes Joint Commission deeming authority status

July 23, 2008

Congress last week overrode a presidential veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008—a bill that included a provision that changed The Joint Commission’s deeming authority status with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 28

Ask the expert: What incidents must be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank?

July 17, 2008

Figuring out what incidents need to be reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank can be tricky. The following list will help.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 28

Small Hospital Challenges Monthly: Medical staff leadership challenges

July 16, 2008

Mary Hoppa, MD, MBA, CMSL, discusses how medical staff leadership challenges can be overcome through appropriate education.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 27

Ask the expert: How should a hospital decide whether to adopt an innovative technology or procedure?

July 9, 2008

The Deming philosophy of management, developed by William Edwards Deming, PhD, has helped numerous organizations improve quality. Deming suggests organizations ask themselves some important questions before adopting any new technology or procedure.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 27

Medical Staff Alert: The Joint Commission releases 2009 standards

July 9, 2008

On July 1, The Joint Commission published its revised standards, rationales, and elements of performance for 2009 online. Although no new standards have been added, The Joint Commission designed chapter overviews, standards, introductions, rationales, and elements of performance to make them...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 9, Issue 27

Peer Review Monthly: Why use a scoring system for peer review?

July 9, 2008

At a recent Greeley Company national seminar, a physician leader asked me why peer review committees should use a case review scoring system. She had attended another organiation’s program, which advocated eliminating final case scoring and simply classifying cases with care issues as “referrals...

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