“On the surface, it may seem like a reasonable thing to penalize hospitals that don’t successfully ‘get their patients better enough’ to avoid readmission. However, the problem is highly complicated, and such a crude way of thinking about the problem (i.e., blaming it all on the hospital and the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 47
“In our experience, the only sustainable way to help physicians achieve their potential in serving their patients is to engage them as partners in practice and enterprise success. Likewise, physician engagement is the only way to hold physicians, other providers, and staff accountable for...
In October, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced it approved new language regarding reporting physician status in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Jennifer Michael, chief information officer for ABMS, answers what the change in language means...
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Heath Care (AAAHC) announced its purchase of the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). As of October 14, HFAP was placed under the direction of the AAAHC's accrediting arm, the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 12
The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), the accrediting arm of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), announced in mid-October that it had been acquired by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC). The deal marks the first time two organizations with...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 46
Our radiology department does a great job of bringing American College of Radiology (ACR) guidelines for credentialing to our attention. Do we have to adopt their published recommendations? If we don't, are we at risk for having to defend why we did not adopt them?
Citing the Texas "anticompetitive action exception" to the peer review privilege, the Supreme Court of Texas (the "Court") ordered a hospital to produce a number of peer review documents.
