Granting temporary privileges and using locum tenens physicians without fully verifying their credentials verification can put healthcare organizations and their patients in danger--clinically and legally.
At the 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium held April 7-8 in Orlando,...
Consider delegated credentialing. Maybe not full delegation, “but why do you have to reverify items that are never going to change? We've been talking about this in the credentialing industry for years: duplication of credentials,” says Susan Collier, MHA, vice president of...
Today’s free resource is a provider orientation checklist to make sure you get all of the information you need to credential a practitioner. Although most of the information on the checklist will not come as a surprise, it is helpful to have a visual reminder during the credentialing process to...
Verify and Comply,Sixth Edition, includes both credentialing and medical staff standards and regulations in one easy-to-navigate manual, giving MSPs one...
Hospital mergers and acquisitions are occurring with greater frequency than ever, and the trend does not show signs of slowing. With many hospitals forming new partnerships or joining larger healthcare networks, medical staffs are facing the issue of granting privileges to practitioners from...
In October, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced it approved new language regarding reporting physician status in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Jennifer Michael, chief information officer for ABMS, answers what the change in language means for physicians...