Mary Barr, CPMSM, was new to her position as director of medical affairs at St. John Medical Center. With extensive experience as an MSP, Mary initially focused her attention on the scope of credentialing and privileging of current medical staff members, advanced practice professionals, and new...
The following figure provides some examples of physician indicators of performance that apply to the ambulatory setting. The Six General Competencies adapted from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) joint...
Once a hospital has established which sites require practitioners to be privileged, the medical staff needs to evaluate the scope of services provided at the...
Healthcare organizations have become increasingly complex. In past decades, most organizations provided patient care within the walls of the...Read More »
In some form or another, almost every practitioner has either heard of or been involved in a privileging criteria dispute. Fortunately, there are...Read More »
Credentialing and privileging regulations for advanced practice professionals (APP) are currently a loose patchwork of federal and state statutes...Read More »
MSPs often struggle to receive information—including elements of medical staff applications—in a timely manner. Although the responsibility for...Read More »
