Verify and Comply,Sixth Edition, includes both credentialing and medical staff standards and regulations in one easy-to-navigate manual, giving MSPs one...
Hospital mergers and acquisitions are occurring with greater frequency than ever, and the trend does not show signs of slowing. With many hospitals forming new partnerships or joining larger healthcare networks, medical staffs are facing the issue of granting privileges to practitioners from...
In October, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced it approved new language regarding reporting physician status in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Jennifer Michael, chief information officer for ABMS, answers what the change in language means for physicians...
Today’s free resource is a crosswalk of accreditation standards surrounding reference of the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) during credentialing activities.
The desire to provide the highest-quality healthcare possible coupled with the need to reduce medical risks to patients and...
Should teaching physicians, who are brought in to a hospital for short time periods to instruct others in using new equipment or techniques, be given temporary privileges? If a physician on staff requests an evaluation on a new surgical instrument by an outside physician, to ensure its proper...