At the 14th annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium May 12-13 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, I polled the audience to learn how many send out letters to physicians to acknowledge excellent care identified from case reviews. Although The Greeley Company has been...
Hospitalists have a lot of information to absorb when they join a new program. As they begin to practice, they must match their colleagues' names to their faces, find their way around a new facility, and become familiar with a new set of performance expectations. But before a...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 6
Strengths and weaknesses: We all have them. The question is, do you know yours? Of equal import, what is your medical staff great at and perhaps not so great at? Identifying the positives and areas of improvement is beneficial for medical staff members and MSPs.
Talking about money is one of the last taboos: People don't like to talk about it, which makes bargaining for a higher salary difficult, even for experienced negotiators. Especially in the current sluggish economy, job seekers and employees may be hesitant to ask for more money...
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital's medical executive committee (MEC) responded to numerous complaints against Richard Sternberg, MD. After disruptive incidents in July 2006, the MEC warned Sternberg that one more violation would result in immediate suspension.
Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, president of Best Practices Consulting Group in Intervale, NH, and Christina W. Giles, CPMSM, MS, president of Medical Staff Solutions in Nashua, NH, answered questions on the toughest privileging criteria challenges during "Step-by-Step Guide to...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 3
For more than a century, the primary responsibilities of credentialing and peer review have been delegated to the medical staff. To fulfill this responsibility, medical staffs organized themselves under the principles of democratic self-governance. Early on, this meant direct democracy. The...
The physician-hospital relationship is more critical today than ever. A hospital’s best intentions to align with its physicians may fail unless leaders understand the pros and cons for both the hospital and any involved...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 20, Issue 2
Have you ever had the pleasure of a credentialing audit? You know, the process of having someone—an MSP from another facility, a consultant, or yourself—review what you’re doing and how you’re doing it.
