Although CMS has now substantially limited the ability of a hospital to establish provider-based (PB) locations, they have been extremely popular...Read More »
Practitioner vetting and performance assessment are among the top trouble spots for today’s ambulatory healthcare facilities, according to a new...Read More »
When granting temporary privileges, organizations should have policies that clearly outline their pre-established criteria. Although expediting...Read More »
Credentialing and privileging have long been keystones of quality care and patient safety. But as healthcare reform drives consolidation,...Read More »
Frequently, emergency and disaster privileges are confused. Emergency privileges are those privileges that the medical staff has granted to...Read More »
There may be times when a hospital knows it’s not going to get a physician’s reappointment application processed before his or her privileges...Read More »
