Preliminary results of the Specialties Matching Service Match for Appointment Year 2015 are ominous for kidney specialists, according to the American Society of Nephrologists (ASN). “At first glance the results continue the recent trend for declining interest in nephrology careers, with 51%...
Welcome to Friday. Today, CRC Symposium speaker Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, answers a common question among MSPs regarding temporary privileges. Pelletier and Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, will present a session on granting temporary and locum tenens privileges at the...
Some influential healthcare groups are urging Florida's state lawmakers to expand the use of telehealth—web and videoconferencing technology that allows physicians and other healthcare providers to treat patients—as a way to save money and deal with a growing shortage of physicians. Several...
A large part of establishing privileging guidelines is boiling all the information down to what's most relevant to the unique specifications of the MSP's own facility and then making the best recommendations possible to the departments or service lines, the credentials committee...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 12
Neurophysiological monitoring refers to any measure used to assess the functional integrity of the peripheral or central nervous system. Neurophysiological monitoring can be performed by clinical neurophysiologists or by intraoperative monitoring technologists, and it occurs in the OR, ICU, or...
Leaders of the Alabama Society of Physician Assistants (PA) are celebrating the recent approval of rules for final adoption by the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners (ALBME) that lay out the process for PAs to apply for Schedule II prescriptive authority. A law enacted in 2013 authorized...
