Does your medical executive committee suffer through long meetings, unproductive diatribes, filibusters, broken records (i.e., bringing up the same old issues and rehashing them over and over), and complaints from members that the meetings are just too long? If so, you may want to try a few of...
Platinum plus members can access the newest webinar in the Credentialing Resource Center library. Join HCPro Regulatory Specialist Teri Rice as she reviews Rural Emergency Hospitals (REH) criteria, a new provider type that is a part of CMS' 2022 OPPS Final Rule to address the growing concern...
Fundamentally, there should be no difference between how employed practitioners and independent practitioners are credentialed. Verifying the information and evaluating current clinical competence should be the same regardless of whether the applicant internist is an employed hospitalist or an...
Who can be a credentials committee member? CMS and accrediting bodies only refer to the general function of a credentials committee. They do not specify the committee structure or provide requirements for membership on the committee. Your organization’s medical staff bylaws and/or credentialing...
In hospitals all across the country, the governing board is fiscally responsible for the financial wellbeing of the organization. The governing board is also ultimately responsible for the credentialing and privileging of all practitioners in the organization and for monitoring the quality of...
As a medical staff leader, you will be called upon to run meetings. Meetings are often necessary to get work done. They may be in the service of directly carrying out a key responsibility delegated to the medical staff by the governing board. Or they may be required to meet some standard of a...