The configuration of the medical staff—ranging from fully employed to a mixed model of employed and independent practitioners—holds substantial...Read More »
Dawn Anderson, CPCS, CPMSM, director of credentialing, privileging, and licensing for Ob Hospitalist Group in Greenville, South Carolina, is a big...Read More »
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