The challenge of assessing the competency of advanced practice professionals (APPs) increases as their roles expand. But the availability of data and defining competency measurements have not progressed at the same pace, leaving medical staffs struggling to find ways to assess APPs’ clinical...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 4, Issue 14
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday announced “promising” results for the first performance year of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model, including both higher quality care and lower Medicare expenditures. Costs for the more than 669,000 beneficiaries...
The Joint Commission has revised its Leadership Standard LD.04.01.01, Element of Performance (EP) 5 to clarify the credentialing and quality assurance requirement for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). “Although Leadership (LD) Standard LD.04.01.01, Element of Performance (EP) 5, already...
As the debate over increasing nurse practitioners’ (NP) scope of responsibility intensifies, a new study published in the July issue of Health Affairs found that easing state guidelines limiting scope of practice can ease the impact of the shortage of primary care physicians.
Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings last month raise the bar for medical staff employees who claim workplace discrimination and retaliation, amednews.com reported. Legal analysts said the decisions protect physician employers from overly broad and frivolous discrimination suits by staff members, but...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 27
Is the iPad a game-changer for radiology residents’ workflows? A study published in the latest Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests not.
