The California Court of Appeals, Fourth Appellate District (the "Court"), affirmed a superior court's judgment that a hospital and several physicians being sued could not invoke the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute because most of the defendant's claims did not...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 5
Practically every role in a healthcare organization can stand to have a healthy relationship with the IT department. This includes MSPs. In the course of a routine day, MSPs often need to work with IT, or someone familiar with the facility’s IT infrastructure.
Any type of peer review can be daunting for MSPs and physicians alike, and focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) is no exception. In 2008, The Joint Commission (TJC)...
In a series focused on how healthcare professionals are overcoming unique COVID-19 challenges, Medical Staff Briefing is sitting down with physician leaders, MSPs, and quality professionals across the country to hear about their experiences. Last month, we spoke with...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 4
New technology often poses a learning curve that can be intimidating and temporarily reduce efficiency while one learns to use it. MSPs are not immune to this experience, and what's hindering their advancement may be staring them in the face.
For healthcare providers or organizations, accreditation surveys are unavoidable. In order to receive certification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—which is required for facilities wishing to receive reimbursement from Medicare—an organization must be accredited....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 3
Various accreditors require you to measure the competency of an advanced practice practitioner (APP), such as a nurse practitioner or physician assistant, based on the work they’ve done recently at your organization. However, when APPs are low-volume practitioners, meaning they don’t see enough...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
Processing a practitioner’s reapplication for membership and privileges takes input, collaboration, and decision-making from several entities. Throughout the process, your organization must ensure that it addresses the many details of the process and that each stakeholder bears the appropriate...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 2
The surgery department chair walked into the medical staff services department and asked Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, to add the issue of aging physicians to the agenda of the department’s next meeting. Cairns was surprised. And naturally curious. This general surgeon was a highly respected member...
The past year saw a sharp increase in the number of telemedicine visits, largely due to the public health emergency precipitated by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that telemedicine visits in the first quarter of 2020 increased...
