Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 11

Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider, November 2013

November 1, 2013

Public Citizen report cites problems with NPDB and OIG exclusions

The watchdog group finds incomplete information in as many as 50,000 reports, while an OIG special advisory clarifies screening frequency guidelines

 

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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 11

MSPs have a role in statewide high-reliability rollout

November 1, 2013

In the past decade, as improving patient safety ­became a major initiative, healthcare organizations began to look at how companies and agencies in other fields minimize failures and prevent errors. Many are now taking a closer look at high-reliability training as a way to...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 11

Form follows function when it comes to an effective credentials committee

November 1, 2013

As hospitals' medical staffs change, many organizations are reviewing the composition of their credentials ­committee and what is expected of members-and medical services ­professionals are wondering who should be on the credentials committee and for how long. 

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 11

Does your FPPE process address the growing numbers of AHPs applying to your facility?

November 1, 2013

 The aging of both the current healthcare workforce and the population in general, coupled with the dramatic healthcare reform facing the country, has increased the demand for many healthcare professionals and expanded the roles and skill sets for existing professionals.

Credentialing Resource Center Digest

Senate bill reauthorizing Children’s Hospital GME advances

November 1, 2013

The U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee earlier this week approved the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act (S. 1557), legislation that would reauthorize the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program through fiscal year 2018. The...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 11

Does your organization have a utilization management ­committee?

November 1, 2013

Did you know that, hidden away in the CMS Conditions of ­Participation (CoP), there is an often-overlooked requirement that is ideal for increasing medical staff involvement and improving practice evaluation?

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