This week, the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) is celebrating the 2018 class of CRC Contest winners. These professionals leverage their deep expertise across a broad range of medical staff services and leadership functions, have a penchant for productive interdisciplinary collaboration, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 3
State laws have established certain requirements for the licensing of healthcare practitioners and organizations. Beyond these exist various federal regulatory requirements, only some of which are tied to state or local law.
It can be an MSP’s worst nightmare, the dreaded Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG), an applicant who’s diploma and credentials may not even be in English. Obviously, the way they are credentialed is different, unfortunately the specific process remains rather elusive to those without extensive...
Because peer review is a medical staff–led initiative, the specific process varies between organizations. At our hospital, when a practitioner’s performance in a particular case raises concerns, the peer review coordinator (who has a clinical background) receives an initial request for peer...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 3
The number of advanced practice professionals (APP) applying for hospital and ambulatory privileges is rising rapidly as physician shortages grow. However, regulations and internal...
