Check with your accrediting organization and local or state boards of pharmacy to ensure that your hospitals understand the expectations for how...Read More »
Happy one-year anniversary of The Joint Commission’s move to update its time frame for evaluating licensed practitioners’ ability to provide care...Read More »
Granting of a state medical license is seen by many as a government's endorsement of a practitioner’s competence. However, in most states, the...Read More »
To assist organizations in improving their credentialing and privileging processes, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (...Read More »
If a patient attempts to hang himself on a door, it doesn’t mean all the doors of that type in the hospital have to be replaced, says CMS. Instead...Read More »
Hospitals must report adverse actions taken against the privileges of a physician or dentist to the National Practitioner Data Bank. They may...Read More »
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (the “Court”) upheld a First Amendment retaliation claim against representatives from...Read More »
With the rise of technology and changing regulations, the credentialing process is undergoing significant transformations. In a candid interview...Read More »
