In states where advanced practice professionals (APP) must practice under a physician’s tutelage, a collaborative or supervisory agreement may be...Read More »
Medical staff governing documents must articulate the standards that practitioners must meet to qualify for medical staff membership. In general, the list of qualifications will address the applicant’s background, experience, ability to perform requested privileges, training, and demonstrated...
Our topic for this column is one that is not often written about or focused on by various regulatory bodies. No one would argue that hospitals do...Read More »
Although external peer review is seldom required in most organizations, it is nonetheless important to have a policy in place should the need...Read More »
In this 90-minute webinar, expert speaker Catherine M. Ballard, Esq., provides practical, compliance-minded guidance on performing effective credentialing, privileging, and peer review for remote practitioners. Drawing on her expansive industry expertise, Ballard demystifies the...
This sample policy ensures that information regarding each practitioner’s scope of privileges is disseminated and made available to all appropriate internal persons or entities and updated as changes in clinical privileges are made. This policy also lays out the steps a hospital staff member...
Why should a medical staff establish methods for addressing conflicts of interest? It’s not as if turf wars can break out among specialists within...Read More »
The key to successful onboarding is global understanding among program administrators about why the process exists and what effects it has on the practitioner and the organization. In addition, the program’s end users (new practitioners) must learn how to be successful in providing care for...
