State laws have established certain requirements for the licensing of healthcare practitioners and organizations. Beyond these exist various federal regulatory requirements, only some of which are tied to state or local law.
Because peer review is a medical staff–led initiative, the specific process varies between organizations. At our hospital, when a practitioner’s performance in a particular case raises concerns, the peer review coordinator (who has a clinical background) receives an initial request for peer...
The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) is proud to present our membership community with nine noteworthy tools and forms that have been contributed by your peers in the trenches and evaluated by the accomplished experts on our...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 2
This case highlights how an entire organization (i.e., board, medical staff leadership, CEO, attorney) was unclear about the employment/contract route versus the medical staff privileging process. Whether it was lack of knowledge or purposeful, the outcome was not good as evidenced by the jury’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 2
The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division (the “Court”) recently affirmed a trial court’s finding that a hospital was not only within its rights to, but was required to report a physician’s resignation while she was under review to the New Jersey Board of Medical...
There is a declining trend in the number of family medicine (FM) physicians receiving obstetrics privileges nowadays. These providers were once responsible for the family in every aspect of its development—from a child’s conception to adulthood. Now they are more of a means to an end, a first...
