Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Be site-specific on privilege forms

November 16, 2022

According to CMS, privileges are not to be granted for tasks/procedures/activities that are not conducted within the hospital—regardless of the practitioner’s ability to perform.  Therefore, when developing your core privileging system, list only those services and procedures that your hospital...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 32, Issue 10

Catching up with the IMLCC on physician interstate licenses

October 19, 2022

Five years ago, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission (IMLCC) officially launched its expedited licensure process. Its objectives are to make the licensure process more efficient for physicians who practice in multiple states, while maintaining the integrity and standards of...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Avoid denying an application whenever possible

October 4, 2022

There should be very few times when a medical staff needs to deny an application for privileges. For the most part, the physician and other LIP applicants are practitioners who have excellent records and will continue to deliver high quality in their ongoing patient care.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Use guidelines to help you develop criteria for new privileges

September 14, 2022

Due to changing healthcare technologies, increasing specialization, and the growth of individual healthcare institutions, organizations must routinely evaluate new procedures to establish criteria for privileging practitioners in that area. It is often difficult to determine whether a privilege...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Print your newsletter content

August 30, 2022

Don't forget to print out individual articles or a PDF of the full issue of Credentialing Resource Center Journal and Medical Staff Briefings. For individual articles, simply click on the printer icon and you'll be directed to a PDF version of it that you can print out or save. Or wait until the...

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Communication with HR is key

August 10, 2022

It is very important for the medical staff to be clear on what, if any, impact an employment decision has on a physician’s clinical privileges. Effective communication between HR, administration, and the medical staff (particularly the medical staff president and MSP) is crucial, the experts say...

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