If certain privileging-related requirements, such as possession of board certification, current licensure, and professional liability coverage, apply to all or the vast majority of medical staff members, consider defining them in the medical staff bylaws as “general qualifications for membership...
“The difficulty with local peer review is that there is the possibility that a group of young surgeons may have an incentive to declare an older...Read More »
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...
The committee structure within a department performs important functions that can be used to address both patient care and general business issues...Read More »
Although not a new issue, with changes in lifestyle and practice, increased burnout, and staying in practice at later ages, physicians no longer...Read More »
Platinum Plus members receive exclusive access to the Credentialing Resource Center’s (CRC) evolving e-library of best-selling medical staff,...Read More »
New to managed care credentialing? Whether you work for a health plan or a hospital medical staff services department, this how-to guide answers all of your health plan credentialing and enrollment questions. Learn the regulatory and...
Increasingly, mergers and acquisitions are making strange bedfellows of acute, ambulatory, and postacute care facilities. As these newly aligned...Read More »
