Physicians request leaves of absence for both personal and business reasons, such as overseas military assignments, extended education, parental leave, and health issues. Generally, medical staff bylaws allow a medical staff member to obtain, for good cause, a voluntary leave of absence. Keep...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 1
A New Jersey Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a trial court’s decision, finding that unnecessary patient transfers may constitute an “imminent risk,” which can serve as grounds for the suspension and/or revocation of a physician’s privileges.
The plaintiffs, Robert Patel, MD, and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 1
As APPs increasingly specialize in areas of practice, medical staff services departments (MSSD) must evolve their privileging practices to ensure that APPs are only granted privileges for the procedures they are competent to perform.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 1
Succeeding as a medical staff services manager/director requires more than just knowing the ins and outs of credentialing, privileging, and medical staff bylaws. You must also know how to be a leader, deal with stressful situations, manage your staff, manage your time, and delegate work tasks....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 12
Plus, Massachusetts adds new physician licensing requirement, report shows disconnect between physicians’ perspective and patients’ prescription habits, and OCR issues one of the largest HIPAA fines of 2019. Find out what’s happening in the world of federal healthcare regulations by...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 12
An Indiana appellate court (the “Court”) reversed a trial court’s dismissal, finding that the Heath Insurance and Portability Act (HeHIPAA) can form the basis of a duty of care for a negligence-based suit.
The plaintiff, Amanda Henry, originally filed suit against defendant Community...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 12
Succeeding as a medical staff services manager/director requires more than just knowing the ins and outs of credentialing, privileging, and medical staff bylaws. You must also know how to be a leader, deal with stressful situations, manage your staff, manage your time, and delegate work tasks....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 12
Peer references should be valuable tools in helping MSPs and credentialing committees uncover potential competency issues and assess whether the APP will be a good culture fit.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 11
The researchers categorized articles and reports according to the six domains and whether they assessed cost of waste, savings from interventions that address waste, or both. They then translated costs and savings from included studies into national costs and savings and converted these values...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 11
Following a fair and thorough investigation, the medical staff in your hospital has determined a physician has clinical performance issues and has recommended a limitation in clinical privileges. Per the medical staff bylaws, a fair hearing process commences. If the hearing/appeal processes do...
