Peer references should be valuable tools in helping MSPs and credentialing committees uncover potential competency issues and assess whether the APP will be a good culture fit.
In 2018, 91.5% of people in the United States had healthcare coverage for at least part of the year. That means that 8.5%, or 27.5 million people, went the entire year without any form of health insurance.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
Accreditation organizations require medical staff services departments to perform ongoing professional practice evaluations to assess the competency of providers granted clinical privileges, including APPs, on a continual basis.The OPPE process relies on MSPs’ ability to collect clean data that...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
A Massachusetts District Court (the “Court”) denied the motion to dismiss put forth by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, and Partners Healthcare System (collectively, “Defendants”). Defendants based the motion on the plaintiff’s failure to state...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 8
A growing body of research shows a diverse medical workforce benefits patient care and the learning environment for physician trainees, says Lahia Yemane, MD, associate program director for the pediatrics program at Stanford Medicine in Palo Alto, California. Medical staff leadership must keep...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 8
As more and more healthcare organizations turn to APPs to fill gaps in patient care, MSSDs must integrate credentialing and privileging these practitioners into their current processes.
