MSPs and credentialing specialists often have the responsibility to make sure that all of the steps in the credentialing process have been executed in the processing of any particular application. This is a critical responsibility because plaintiff attorneys will often claim that missed steps...
As the COVID-19 pandemic effects persist, many MSPs across the country have transitioned to working remotely and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Managing these virtual teams presents some different challenges and new twists on traditional team building and conflict resolution...
Each organization should have some level of orientation for its physicians, as there are many organizational and regulatory requirements that physicians should be made aware of. MSPs should work with the president of the medical staff, the vice president of medical affairs, and the credentials...
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.
Typically, recommendations for external peer review (EPR) arise from peer review committees that are faced with issues they can't resolve—lack of specialty expertise, conflicts of interest and other potential legal or credibility issues.