Last April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finalized the first substantive updates to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Guidebook in more than a decade. Roughly one year after the rollout, experts say the broadened reporting expectations have weightier...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 8
I was sitting in my office one day, thinking about how little of this fine country I've seen and wondering what it would be like to travel the interim staffing train. You know, see the United States, network with my fellow MSPs, be the rider on the white horse who saves the day. The picture in...
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Act of 1986, which formed the legislative impetus for the NPDB, specifies that organizations must report a physician's "surrender of clinical privileges" while the individual is under investigation for potential incompetence or improper conduct, or in return...
Although hospital organizational structures vary widely, an OPPE/FPPE program requires cross-departmental collaboration in virtually any environment. The best way to foster this teamwork is through a dedicated task force composed of members from several departments. The OPPE/FPPE task force...
As fewer physicians take on voluntary duties, such as proctoring, your organization might struggle to find physicians who will serve as proctors. One suggestion is to make proctoring a medical staff duty that is spelled out in your governing documents. Today's free resource is a rules and...
