Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Physician loses license over COVID-19 misinformation

September 21, 2021

A family medicine physician has lost his license for spreading misinformation related to COVID-19. Arthur LaTulippe, MD, who practiced in Dallas, Oregon, refused to wear a mask when seeing patients and also told his patients that wearing a mask was dangerous to their health.

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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 9

Want more money? Consider these objectives

September 20, 2021

Gains in compensation are never a bad thing. And performance-based metrics, while challenging, can be rewarding—a pat on the back for a job well done. But here’s the not-so-great news when it comes to MSP raises: According to the respondents of Credentialing Resource Center’s 2020 MSP Salary...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Considerations when starting an interdisciplinary APP committee

September 20, 2021

Start by finding a couple of physician champions and APPs who are regarded highly amongst their peer group and appear to be leaders, says Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS. Begin to have this discussion with them—would they be interested in having such a structure? You might reach out to other...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

CMS to require staff at hospitals, other facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19

September 15, 2021

Look for an interim final rule in October that will require “staff within all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities” to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a press release by CMS. 

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 31, Issue 9

PTSD: There is help for patients—and providers

September 15, 2021

Our understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has come a long way since General George Patton was reprimanded for assaulting “shellshocked” soldiers on two separate occasions in 1943. Neither of the hospitalized patients had physical wounds, which enraged Patton to the point he...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Have your MEC address issues that affect the medical staff

September 13, 2021

The medical staff must be integrally involved in the hospital strategic plan, and there must be close communication between the medical executive committee (MEC) and the governing board. Therefore, the MEC may want to discuss strategic initiatives or strategic opportunities and challenges...

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