The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 1
The peer review committee should notify any physician whose case is being reviewed of the findings, even if the care was appropriate or (better yet) exemplary. Communicating with physicians even when there are no issues gives the medical staff a more balanced perspective of the committee’s...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 1
In general, there is no third-party reimbursement to cover focused review. Because the proctor does not directly assist or otherwise participate directly in patient care, insurers bear no responsibility for picking up these costs.
This week’s question and answer are excerpted from ...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 11, Issue 1
The first three weeks of each month, this weekly column from The Greeley Company will address current issues in peer review, bylaws and governance, and...
MSPs are surrounded by data, from initial credentialing documents to ongoing assessments. Some of that information is bound to highlight errors in a practitioner’s performance. What would you do if the medical staff leaders you work with told you to ignore the errors or alter the data to hide...
Community hospitals don’t have to invite physicians to be owners to reap the benefits of physician-hospital alignment, quality patient care, and cost savings that physician-owned facilities experience.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 1
If you are the medical staff on the receiving end of a request for a practitioner’s privilege list, it is important to respond to that request in a way that that adheres to policies and respects the medical staff culture.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 52
As an MSP, I’m often asked to evaluate and diagnose problems that prevent the medical staff services department (MSSD) from operating at its best. I tend to think of the MSSD as the skeletal system that keeps the medical staff and hospital upright and mobile. As such, it is vulnerable to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 52
Is your medical staff services department going paperless? Let us know by taking this quick poll. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the Web page to view the poll!
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 10, Issue 52
The appellate review committee or panel, which is usually made up of members of the governing board, plays a limited role when a physician appeals a hearing judgment to the governing board, says John Harwell, Esq., a healthcare attorney based in Manhattan Beach, CA. The committee’s primary goal...
