CMS requires that medical staffs must have a policy for fair hearing and appeal. An applicant or an individual holding a medical staff appointment is entitled to request a hearing when the MEC or the board has made an unfavorable recommendation regarding staff membership or privileges.
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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 1
Today’s MSPs are taking on larger volumes of work and scopes of responsibility than ever before, often without seeing equivalent gains in respect and standing. At the same time, many are still struggling with decades-old issues, such as integrating peer review into the credentialing and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 1
This week, CRC Daily covers credentialing. To kick things off, Melinda E. Whitney, RN, BSN, BS, MS, CPHQ, CPMSM, FACHE, senior consultant of quality management services at The Quality Management Consulting Group in Columbus, Ohio, predicts which emerging and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 1
Affirming a judgment by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Louisiana (the “Court”) concluded that claims of negligent credentialing did not fall under the purview of the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act (LMMA) and consequently were not subject to its statutory damages cap...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 1
The New Year’s dust (or confetti, as the case may be) has settled, routine is restored, and 2017 stretches ahead. For MSPs, medical staff leaders, and quality personnel, there’s no better time to take stock of last year’s professional developments, applying lessons learned to current approaches...
