In response to the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced exceptions and extensions for upcoming measure reporting and data submission deadlines for those clinicians and providers participating in Medicare quality reporting programs.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 3
Over the past few decades, understanding of the importance of the emotional, physical, and overall wellness of provider has significantly increased. The impetus for this new focus on wellness is the realization that providers must first be able to care for themselves before they can care for...
Some health systems are offering virtual screening for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.Benefits of telemedicine screening for COVID-19 include convenience for patients and safely assessing patients in their home.
Last week, a lawsuit was filed against Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in West Virginia after several patients died of suspicious means in the same time frame. The family of Felix K. McDermott, who was admitted to the hospital on April 6, 2018 and died on April 9, 2018, alleged that the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 3
If you’ve worked in medical staff services for a long time, you probably have a solid process in place for managing and processing physician applications for appointment/reappointment. Can you say the same for your advanced practice professional applicants (APP)?
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 3
The 2010s are officially over. However, it’s worth a peek back into the last decade at the top trends and changes over the last 10 years for MSPs. We saw changes to what’s expected of MSPs among their healthcare colleagues, the rise of employed physicians, and new technologies that presented...
