Once an applicant has been granted clinical privileges, the organization should monitor the practitioner’s competence through an initial assessment. For organizations accredited by The Joint Commission or HFAP, focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) is required to gauge the individual’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 6
"Do more with less" is the mantra that many MSPs hear ad nauseam throughout our careers. The medical staff office (MSO) often becomes the go-to place for tasks and processes that may be better suited for other teams. These miscellaneous assignments increase our stress level and add height to a...
In response to criticism that its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) exam is too time-consuming, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recently announced plans to offer a new option that will allow physicians to take a shorter assessment exam beginning in 2018.
We continue to see the roles of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) evolve with expanding opportunities in a multitude of medical specialties. According to the Practicing Clinicians Exchange, there are approximately 205,000 NPs and 104,000 PAs in the United States.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 6
Negligent credentialing cases have picked up steam in recent years, but for the medical staff office, litigation poses less of a threat than shepherding practitioners through the application process against MSPs' better judgment.
In 2011, CMS issued a final rule that stated a hospital or critical access hospital seeking telemedicine services (the originating site) can use the credentialing and privileging information from the telemedicine provider’s site (the distant site) to make credentialing and privileging decisions...
