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 »
According to a new survey from the Larry A. Green Center and Primary Care Collaborative, many primary care practitioners are experiencing record-...Read More »
The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, mostly due to...Read More »
Twenty-six states have modified continuing medical education (CME) requirements for physicians and some other practitioners as of May 13, says the...Read More »
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a second round of regulatory waivers and rule changes built to add...Read More »
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