The exponential increase in the use of advanced practice professionals (APP) in ambulatory and acute care settings has increased patient access to care. However, this availability has put stress on the credentialing community. The C-suite, medical staff leaders, and MSPs struggle with...
Before sending peer review information, a medical staff should first look at state laws to ensure it has a mechanism in place to make disclosures...Read More »
A KPMG survey shows that 47% of healthcare payers and providers experienced security-related violations or cyber-attacks that compromised data in...Read More »
“We … remain concerned that this guidance may not be sufficiently broad and is still creating confusion for international medical graduates,...Read More »
Increasingly, mergers and acquisitions are making strange bedfellows of acute, ambulatory, and postacute care facilities. As these newly aligned...Read More »
In long-term care, as in acute care, industry best practices (and, where applicable, accreditation standards) dictate that a credentialing process occur for all practitioners who deliver a medical level of care. This resource provides a rundown of items a nursing home might collect or verify...
As physician shortages grow, the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) applying for hospital and ambulatory privileges is rising rapidly...Read More »
In states where advanced practice professionals (APP) must practice under a physician’s tutelage, a collaborative or supervisory agreement may be...Read More »
