Recently, the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Tennessee-Nashville Division (the “Court”) granted the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) motion and denied a physician’s motion for summary judgment regarding a report to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)...
It is wise to have potential external peer reviewers in mind because the need for them can arise without warning. A good external peer review organization should provide the following:
Telehealth has become a lifeline for hospitals struggling to maintain service lines, especially in rural areas. But the speed that virtual care demands can strain traditional credentialing models.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 34, Issue 11
At Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, Texas, Maggie Palmer, MSA, CPCS, CPMSM, vice president of professional medical affairs, medical staff professional services, and regulatory affairs, faces a challenge that’s common among credentialing leaders: how to fairly and...
The movement of care from the inpatient setting and the rise of clinically integrated networks (CIN) have resulted in an increasing need to push the evaluation of physician quality into these new territories.
