The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a judgment by the U.S. District Circuit Court for the Southern...Read More »
Without thorough and comprehensive credentialing processes, medical staff leaders (MSL) and medical staff professionals (MSP) may inadvertently allow undesirable practitioners to be employed and/or initially appointed to the medical staff and granted clinical privileges. Learning how MSLs and...
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To engage in credentialing by proxy for telemedicine practitioners, originating-site hospitals/critical access hospitals must explicitly recognize the option in their medical staff governing documents (e.g., bylaws and/or policy). This resource provides sample language to get you started.
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