How do you make OPPE and FPPE more than just an item on the regulatory compliance checklist? Although it has been 10 years since The Joint Commission released its ongoing and focused professional practice evaluation standards, organizations are still struggling to develop meaningful processes...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 3
With physician employment on the rise, advanced practice professionals (APP) gaining clinical and political ground, and the trend toward team-based care shaping peer review, today’s medical staffs are more diverse and...
Christopher Duntsch, MD, a former neurosurgeon convicted of a first degree felony for harming an elderly patient he operated on, will spend the rest of his life in prison. A jury returned the verdict Monday following two weeks of testimony for the sentencing phase of Duntsch’s trial that...
As healthcare reform drives consolidation, integration, and value-based reimbursement, the modern MSP’s influence spans more functions, facilities, and settings than ever before. To meet the demands of an industry on the move, MSPs must be fierce advocates not only for the patients they protect...
