PROMETHEUS is a provider payment model that is designed to pay providers, including physicians and hospitals, based on the quality of care they provide to patients, not volume. How much money a physician makes depends on his or her ability to successfully implement clinical practice guidelines (...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
Almost every state has an association of medical staff services that, along with the National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS), welcomes new members with open arms. Sometimes new MSPs choose to join their state associations before the national association because the state offers lower...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
In an ideal world, the only people who know the reason for a physician’s leave of absence are the members of the physician health committee, the chief of staff, and the hospital CEO. “If more [people] than that know, you lose the trust, confidentiality, and advocacy that physicians expect,” says...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
This weekly column from The Greeley Company addresses current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, credentialing and privileging, physician leadership,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 47
If a group of physicians approached your hospital about doing an underarrangement, the hospital might immediately say no because underarrangements come prepackaged with negative legal consequences. However, the hospital might attempt to craft another kind of model that would obtain the same or...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 12
Thumbing through credentialing applications can give MSPs a snapshot of practitioners’ career paths. If someone created a similar file for MSPs, what would yours look like? Would it be a series of random events, or would it be a calculated effort that led to the achievement of your highest goals...
