After uncovering my first undisclosed issue while working a credentials file, I was told to call the physician to request a detailed explanation. I can't remember what it was I had to ask about, but I vividly recall feeling horrified, ill-equipped, and small.
The public has until the end of the day today to submit suggestions for revisions to the NPDB Guidebook. The updated National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) guide will incorporate legislative and regulatory changes adopted since its last edition (2001), including the merger of the NPDB...
Here’s some good advice from the news this week: Locum tenens physicians are asked to “have patience with the administrative needs of the [review] process.” Di Hall’s advice could be applied to other physicians as well. If your organization is looking for a way to save both MSPs’ and...
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has released new guidance for graduate medical education in U.S. teaching hospitals and medical centers. The council’s effort creates the framework to reshape the clinical environments in which tomorrow’s physicians learn to...
What does pay for performance mean for locum tenens physicians? Since locum tenens physicians may work at multiple locations within a year, it is vital for them to keep up with their own procedure logs from all work locations, according to Di Hall, CPCS, CPMSM, director of compliance and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 5
Last month a panel of experts recommended that the threshold for treating people over 60 for hypertension be raised from 140/90 to 150/90. The panel determined that there was little evidence that lowering systolic blood pressures between 140 and 149 in older people caused more good than harm....
