Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a second round of regulatory waivers and rule changes built to add flexibility to the United States’ healthcare system as many parts of America begin to reopen. Through these changes, CMS aims to ensure that states can...
According to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 9,300 healthcare workers in the United States have contracted COVID-19, and approximately 55% believe they were exposed at work.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 30, Issue 4
The role of a physician assistant (PA) has historically been one of a “dependent practitioner” requiring close physician supervision, which included co-signatures, chart review requirements, co-locating physicians on-site where PAs deliver care, and limiting a PA’s scope of practice. The trend...
According to news articles posted by the American Academy of PAs, both Maine and Iowa have passed legislation allowing physician assistants (PA) to practice more freely in the fight against the new coronavirus (COVID-19), effectively removing administrative burdens that can delay the provision...
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)?
As the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) continues to explode, MSPs see more variation in how supervising physicians utilize APPs. One physician assistant (PA) may hold privileges to perform certain procedures while another PA may not. It is difficult to create metrics when there...
