Family medicine and the role of obstetrics: Is it obsolete?

February 19, 2018
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 28 Issue 2
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Privileging, Quality

There is a declining trend in the number of family medicine (FM) physicians receiving obstetrics privileges nowadays. These providers were once...Read More »

Incidents of questionable patient discharges draw attention to the issue of ‘patient dumping’

February 13, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27 Issue 2
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Legal Considerations, Quality

Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by reviewing some recent headlines from across the country.Read More »

A history of peer review and what we can learn from the past

February 12, 2018
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 28 Issue 2
Peer Review, OPPE, and FPPE, Quality

“Those that forget history are condemned to repeat it.” —George Santayana

With a new year comes a strong desire to look back at...Read More »

Heard and seen in Las Vegas

February 7, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Credentialing, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Privileging, Quality

“There’s nothing worse than 20 different processes and you have to figure out what’s going on with hospital A, B, and C.”

Heather Johnson,...Read More »

Heard and seen in Las Vegas

February 6, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Privileging, Quality

“Primary source verification is only from primary sources. The AMA Physician Profile is not a primary source for anything.”Read More »

Heard this week

February 6, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Physician Employment, Quality

"We as a society are accepting of how much money CEOs, celebrities, athletes, lawyers, and hedge fund managers make, but hold it against...Read More »

ASCs and the key to patient satisfaction

February 6, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Ambulatory Care, Quality

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) are very reliant on the ratings of their patients. Below are a few tips to ensure customer satisfaction courtesy...Read More »

Heard and seen in Las Vegas

February 5, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Quality

Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS: Have you seen the employment contract?

Todd Sagin, MD, JD: Yeah, it’s like 80 pages.Read More »

The parallels between credentialing and homeland security

February 5, 2018
Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 28 Issue 2
Credentialing, Medical Staff Bylaws, Polices, and Procedures, Medical Staff Leadership and Governance, Medical Staff Services Department, Quality, Procedures

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the medical credentialing process is incredibly long and bureaucratic, with massive amounts of...Read More »

New survey guidance could affect microhospitals

February 5, 2018
Credentialing Resource Center Digest
Accreditation and Regulatory Requirements, Quality

Recent CMS revisions to the State Operations Manual for Hospitals are zeroing in on the agency’s definition of a “hospital.” According to...Read More »

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