Physicians, trainees call for an end of the Step 2 Clinical Skills exam

August 30, 2016
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance

More than 16,500 students, residents, and physicians have joined a nationwide campaign calling on the National Board of Medical Examiners to...

Take the 2020 MSP Salary Survey!

October 21, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE, Privileging

The Credentialing Resource Center’s annual MSP Salary Survey measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping...

Evaluate existing privileging practices

October 14, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Services Department, Privileging

In order to consider a change to core privileges, you should first examine the privilege delineation system currently in place at your...

The due process manual, Part 7: Fair hearing panel and presiding officer

October 14, 2020
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 30 Issue 10
Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Quality

The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA) enumerates components to ensure procedural fairness. The first principle of fairness...

Common claims by physicians on OPPE data

October 12, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE, Quality

Physicians may claim that the data used to carry out peer review is invalid. This is a claim that many medical staff leaders have heard. It is...

Explaining medical staff processes to the governing board

October 12, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30 Issue 10
Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Privileging

According to CMS, a hospital, “must have an effective governing body legally responsible for the conduct of the hospital as an institution. If a...

Full September issues of CRCJ and MSB now available for download

September 30, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Privileging

CRC...

Understanding zero tolerance

September 30, 2020
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Quality

When addressing disruptive physician behavior, organizations must understand an often confusing phrase: zero tolerance. Many medical staffs are...

Aging Practitioners: The Medical Staff’s Responsibility to Patients and Late-Career Practitioners

September 16, 2020
Webinars
Legal Considerations, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE, Quality

In this 90-minute webinar, physician Jonathan Goldner, DO, MMM, FCCP, FCCM, discussed the latest developments in the conundrum of how to cope with aging providers and provided tips for developing an aging practitioner policy at your organization. Attendees learned how aging affects both medical...

The due process manual, Part 6: Fair hearing initiation and notice

September 16, 2020
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 30 Issue 9
Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE, Privileging, Quality

The process of a hearing following the medical executive committee’s (MEC) recommendation is an important right that must be spelled out in the...

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