Hospitals across the country are bracing for a silent crisis in medical staff services: the retirement of an experienced generation of credentialing and privileging professionals with deep institutional knowledge.
Throughout the years, many fields have struggled with the increased cost of living and inflation compared to their compensation, and MSPs are no different. Many MSPs and credentialing professionals have advocated for higher salaries or hourly rates, but have received little to no increase over...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 34, Issue 5
With 23 years in the field—from hospitals to telehealth to solution architecture—Travonya Quarles, CPMSM, CPCS, LSSYB, aPHR, CPLS, knows the credentialing world from every angle.
Burnout can often manifest in subtle ways, such as declining productivity or resistance to change. This is true in medical staff services too. Dawn Anderson, CPCS, CPMSM, director of credentialing, privileging, and licensing at Ob Hospitalist Group, witnessed this with her credentialing team.
Your organization should assess bylaws on an annual basis and whenever a regulatory body introduces a new standard or makes changes to an existing standard. However, a thorough assessment of your bylaws can occur less frequently.