One of the most important roles of a hospital’s organized medical staff is to evaluate practitioners’ credentials and make recommendations to the...Read More »
Prospective review is the process whereby the evaluated physician describes to the physician reviewer a care plan for a particular patient. This...Read More »
Although the board is ultimately responsible for oversight of the organization, the level of data detail presented decreases as the level of...Read More »
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...Read More »
As regulatory bodies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services make policy changes that allow for greater reimbursement, and more...Read More »
A healthcare organization’s culture is what drives behavior, which in turn drives outcomes. If the organization as a whole has embraced a culture...Read More »
Provider credentialing is rightfully getting its due as the essential starting point of both the revenue cycle process and the provision of safe care. Still, like other functions, the medical staff office/CVO must demonstrate to its internal and external customers it can succeed using “lean”...
