Even four years after The Joint Commission introduced the concept of ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE), organizations still struggle with the details. HCPro's new book, The Complete Guide to OPPE, walks readers through the various questions that...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 12
Credentialing and privileging approval depends on a variety of hard data sources, from NPDB information to internal quality data. But one equally weighted component comes from colleague references in the form of peer recommendations.
There was a time when medical staff standards seemed simpler and they were all located in one place: the Medical Staff chapter of The Joint Commission's Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH). But things are different today. Standards that apply to the...
Historically, fraud and abuse claims were not connected to medical staff credentialing. Rather, medical staff credentialing is typically linked to cases in which a physician sues over denial of privileges or corrective action, negligent credentialing cases brought by patients,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 12, Issue 44
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