For healthcare organizations, establishing appropriate processes for credentialing that protect against a potential charge of negligent credentialing may sometimes seem like the proverbial walk through a minefield. However, it can be done if they take proper precautions and avoid the temptation...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
The rise of locum tenens practitioners presents a variety of challenges: How many of a locum tenens' myriad past assignments should be verified? How can the process be streamlined, or at least be made less stressful? When everyone wants a practitioner to be brought on board as fast as possible,...
Today’s free resource is a checklist you can use to audit credentials files when preparing them for initial appointment or reappointment. This checklist was developed by the medical staff services department at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Lisa Kuklinski, BBA, CPMSM, CPCS,...
According to authors Richard Sheff, MD, and Robert Marder, MD, there are 12 principles of credentialing that every credentials committee members should know. These 12 principles are outlined in the Credentials...
Advanced practice professionals (APP), also known as allied health professionals (AHP), have medical training but are not physicians. APPs play an increasingly important role in today’s healthcare industry. Some states allow independent practice by nurse practitioners (NP) and certified...
Should maintenance of certification (MOC) play a part in credentials verification? Today's Quick Tip, from Proctoring, FPPE, and Practitioner Competency Assessment: A Clinical Leader's Guide, considers this question. The world of board certification is complicated by the fact...