Economic credentialing has never been very popular with medical staffs. Some say it’s because it favors the aggressive business practices of hospitals and demotes the importance of competency and competition for practitioners. But is economic credentialing a battle that’s not worth fighting...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 11
Credentialing can be an expensive business, from paying for primary source verifications to funding the salaries of MSPs who prepare files for medical executive committee review.
Applications are to the credentialing process what salt is to the cooking process: basic, yet essential.
Medical staffs need to evaluate and fine-tune their credentialing applications from time to time to ensure they are efficiently collecting the most useful information from...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 10
Many of us have been processing practitioners’ applications for years. What specifically are we looking for? Red flags! Some of the most common ones are:
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 8
Every year, a few more negligent credentialing cases trickle through the news. The information is often superficial; it seems to focus on the U.S. state where the case was heard and whether the ruling upheld or denied a negligent credentialing claim. Often, the details of the case are lost on...
Often, medical staffs throw new credentials committee members in with the sharks and hope that they know how to swim. These members are often left to figure out the details of their position on their own. This learn-as-...