Few would disagree that confidentiality is an important aspect of the medical staff services department (MSSD) to maintain. Yet the deeper meaning of its importance becomes apparent when you begin to think about the consequences of a breach of confidentiality. The results can include costly...
When a physician applies to a medical staff, one of the first things that credentialing specialists verify is the physician’s state license. If the license looks clean, the physician must be good, right? Not necessarily.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 6
Today’s credentialing practices extend beyond the traditional hospital realm. Hospital-based MSPs can benefit from learning about other approaches to credentialing, whether it takes place in a medical board setting or in a nonhospital organization. These alternative insights allow MSPs more...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 6
If the MSP is unable to obtain any required information, the hospital should inform the applicant that it is now his or her responsibility to obtain the required information and that the hospital will postpone or discontinue the reapplication process until it receives the required information.
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sparked confusion in the MSSD with a new regulation aimed at the verification of legal status: Transmittal 323.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 4
Wouldn’t it be great if medical staffs could find out more about potential candidates without sharing the burden of reporting additional information? That’s essentially the scenario put forth by the new National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) updates.
