The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) is now allowing its accredited entities to reappoint practitioners every 36 months. Previously...Read More »
Sometimes the most difficult thing to accomplish at work is work. With telephone calls, meetings, visitors, and faxes, not to mention the deluge...Read More »
The number of privileging disputes occurring in hospitals is growing rapidly. It’s easy to understand this trend if you examine how medicine has...Read More »
It seems like a small issue, but sometimes what appears on the surface as an inconsequential turf battle among well-meaning physicians trying to...Read More »
The California Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision striking a physician’s complaint that a hospital falsely reported...Read More »
According to CMS, privileges are not to be granted for tasks/procedures/activities that are not conducted within the hospital—regardless of the...Read More »
Five years ago, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission (IMLCC) officially launched its expedited licensure process. Its objectives...Read More »
There should be very few times when a medical staff needs to deny an application for privileges. For the most part, the physician and other LIP...Read More »
Due to changing healthcare technologies, increasing specialization, and the growth of individual healthcare institutions, organizations must...Read More »
Don't forget to print out individual articles or a PDF of the full issue of Credentialing Resource Center Journal and Medical Staff Briefings. For...Read More »