Credentialing

A decade ago, if you mentioned the option of robotic surgery to patients, they may have looked at you as if you had...Read More »

No hospital wants to be embroiled in a negligent credentialing lawsuit, but these claims are becoming more prevalent. More states...Read More »

You don’t have to work in your organization’s customer service department to provide good customer service to applicants during...Read More »

Economic credentialing has never been very popular with medical staffs. Some say it’s because it favors the aggressive business practices of...Read More »

Credentialing can be an expensive business, from paying for primary source verifications to funding the salaries of MSPs who prepare files for...Read More »

Applications are to the credentialing process what salt is to the cooking process: basic, yet essential. 

Medical staffs need to evaluate...Read More »

Many of us have been processing practitioners’ applications for years. What specifically are we looking for? Red flags! Some of the most common...Read More »

Every year, a few more negligent credentialing cases trickle through the news. The information is often superficial; it seems to focus on the U.S...Read More »

Often, medical staffs throw new credentials committee members in with the sharks and hope that...Read More »

Few would disagree that confidentiality is an important aspect of the medical staff services department (MSSD) to maintain. Yet the deeper meaning...Read More »