More than 16,500 students, residents, and physicians have joined a nationwide campaign calling on the National Board of Medical Examiners to...Read More »
The Joint Commission’s time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care, treatment, and services has been updated from...Read More »
How does your medical staff team handle a situation in which a physician with documented red flags resigns during an investigation or prior to an...Read More »
Who can be a credentials committee member? CMS and accrediting bodies only refer to the general function of a credentials committee. They do not...Read More »
Many MSPs have questions regarding what information to keep and how long to store it. This policy outlines the requirements of documents that must be present in each medical staff credentialing and privileging file, as well as a control process for logging when those files are checked in and out...
By having your medical staff members fill out a conflict of interest disclosure form every year, the medical staff will be kept abreast of any...Read More »
Medical staff policies are intended to strengthen a hospital or health system by describing preferred practices, setting practitioner and staff...Read More »
According to CMS, privileges are not to be granted for tasks/procedures/activities that are not conducted within the hospital—regardless of the...Read More »
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA) established a voluntary reporting system designed to enhance the data available to...Read More »