The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 22
The American Medical Association has developed a manual, The Annotated Model Physician-Hospital Employment Agreement, to help physicians navigate employment agreements with hospitals.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 22
Forty-four percent of almost 1,800 emergency physicians responding to a poll by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) report that the biggest challenge to cutting costs in the emergency department is the fear of lawsuits.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 22
The Patient Protection Checklist bill, which requires Nevada hospitals and other medical facilities to develop state-mandated patient safety checklists, was signed into law on Wednesday.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 6
Put simply, the responsibility of the MSP is to assist the medical staff in its duty to appropriately credential and privilege practitioners according to established competencies ultimately to provide the best patient care.
Many clients have asked me about appropriate privileging for telemedicine providers. This is a regulatory issue, and the most common regulatory agencies, The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), have not been in sync with their requirements....
