Upset by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) requirements for Maintenance of Certification, Paul Teirstein, MD, chief of cardiology for Scripps Clinic in San Diego, decided to find a solution for his frustration. In 2015, Teirstein founded the National Board of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 11
Healthcare institutions seeking accreditation have more options than ever. The Joint Commission, DNV GL, and HFAP are all well established, but don’t count out the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ). Granted in August 2013, CIHQ’s hospital accreditation authority has remained...
It’s time for physicians to recognize the inevitable and decide what role we will play in the brave new world of single payer. We simply can no longer remain passive. We must demand a seat at the negotiating table and withhold our services if necessary.
Compared to a tertiary hospital, resources can be tight and clinical expertise narrowly concentrated in a scaled-down facility, such as a microhospital.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 10
Once driven exclusively by insurance carriers, provider enrollment features ever-more prominently in healthcare institutions’ service portfolios and under MSPs’ purviews. Of the nearly 1,000 respondents to the 2017 MSP Salary Survey, 22.3% work in departments that carry out both medical staff...
