The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently revoked the tax-exempt status of a general acute care hospital. Although most of the hospital’s identifiers were redacted from the IRS’s adverse determination letter, it remains evident that the hospital entered into a lease agreement with a for-profit...
Credentialing Resource Center will hold a focus group on Friday, Dec. 15, from 1-2 ET. We are looking for MSPs, physician leaders, and quality professionals to share their feedback on 2018 product development, including books, webinars, and e-learning courses. If you would like to join the focus...
File review is another area where the CVO regularly collaborates with medical staff services personnel…This team reviews verified documents against applications to clarify any discrepancies to identify red flags to be carefully scrutinized by medical staff leaders when making privileging...
Upset by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) requirements for Maintenance of Certification, Paul Teirstein, MD, chief of cardiology for Scripps Clinic in San Diego, decided to find a solution for his frustration. In 2015, Teirstein founded the National Board of...
