Questions, answers, and ramifications

Who will deliver healthcare? A familiar adage holds that the answer to every question leads to three more questions. But the answer to this question seems to yield an exponential number of additional questions. Who is an ordering practitioner? Who is a credentialed NP? What qualifies someone as a primary care physician?

As this week’s news roundup shows, the healthcare delivery questions and answers will continue to unfold, with interesting ramifications for medical services professionals. If you have a comment on CMS’ recent guidance on inpatient services, HFAP accreditation, retraining retired specialists as primary care physicians—or any Credentialing Resource Center Insider news—I’d like to hear from you. You can reach me at mstevens@hcpro.com.

As always, thank you for reading!

Mary Stevens, Managing editor

Credentialing Resource Center Insider