The National Association of Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) has announced the launch of its NAMSS PASS™ tool. NAMSS PASS (Practitioner Affiliation Sharing Source) is a secure, online repository intended to provide a quick and easy method to access primary source affiliation...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 5
Medical staff services isn't what it used to be, and no MSP would argue with that. What was once an administrative job has become a highly technical career, and it's getting more specialized with every day that goes by.
The Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed a Superior Court's decision to award attorney's fees of approximately $413,000 and additional costs of approximately $26,000 to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, Del., based on the language in its medical staff bylaws credentials...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 16
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri granted SSM Healthcare System's motion for summary judgment in an action brought by a medical doctor challenging a peer review decision to revoke his medical staff membership and clinical privileges at one of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 4
Pilots are forced to retire at the age of 65. In many states, senior citizen drivers must undergo a road test every year to maintain their license. Insurance companies often pay tractor trailer drivers to retire when their age and physical conditions pose too much of a risk. But...
The Joint Commission was scheduled, on paper, to arrive in first quarter 2013-which was why, in October 2012, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Chicago's Cook County was a little surprised to see Joint Commission surveyors at their door one Tuesday morning. Although the arrival...
