Whether you put it at the top of the list or include it as a last-but-not-least, organizational skills are a vital element of an MSP’s work. Those skills sometimes spill out of an MSP’s core job description into projects that help medical staff members.
A medical staff's peer review process doesn't have to be down in the dumps before it considers a redesign. Unlike many hospitals that revamp their peer review processes to overcome sour medical staff politics, a punitive culture, and gross miscommunications, Providence Hospital and...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 5
How many times have you written to an applicant’s residency program to obtain dates of attendance and competency evaluations? It’s a given that MSPs will verify these data during the credentialing process. But MSPs may not use the most efficient methods to gather information.
As the physician shortage increases, locum tenens physicians often are the saving grace of short-staffed hospitals. However, these traveling physicians come with their own unique set of risks that every medical staff leader and MSP should be aware of.
When you combine the heart-wrenching possibility of taking away a colleague's livelihood with the threat of getting involved in a discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities or Age Discrimination in Employment Acts, it's no wonder that many medical staffs find it difficult to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 19, Issue 4
Wouldn’t it be great if medical staffs could find out more about potential candidates without sharing the burden of reporting additional information? That’s essentially the scenario put forth by the new National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) updates.
Throughout the “Fair Hearings 101” series, CPRLI has covered various aspects of the fair hearing process, from what language medical staffs need to include in the bylaws to how to choose the right hearing panel members. Although these topics are important, medical staff leaders...
Taking the Certified Professional Medical Services Management (CPMSM) or Certified Provider Credentialing Specialist (CPCS) exams is a major undertaking. Many MSPs start studying a year or more before taking either exam and still feel nervous when they arrive at the test site.
