Peer recommendations are powerful tools for MSPs. They often complete the picture you are trying to put together of the advanced practice professional (APP) during the initial credentialing or reappointment process.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
Lengthy enrollment turnaround times with commercial payers can hurt an organization’s bottom line with delayed or lost revenue. Provider enrollment specialists have traditionally performed this function, but a growing contingent of MSPs are managing enrollment duties in addition to their...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 8
A growing body of research shows a diverse medical workforce benefits patient care and the learning environment for physician trainees, says Lahia Yemane, MD, associate program director for the pediatrics program at Stanford Medicine in Palo Alto, California. Medical staff leadership must keep...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 3
Telemedicine providers communicate with patients or other caregivers via electronic communications. They will remotely review medical records, render a diagnosis, provide radiologic interpretation, or prescribe treatment, all without ever stepping foot inside the hospital. Because a telemedicine...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 2
Accreditation certifies that an organization has met specific quantified standards. Similarly, accrediting bodies are certified in terms of their ability to measure these standards. Usually, the top rung on the accreditation ladder is a sole agency, which may have the government as the primary...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
A study that found independent hospital accreditation carries no real benefit for patient outcomes has garnered a formal rebuttal from The Joint Commission, which argues the researchers reached faulty conclusions due to a number of methodological flaws.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
The California Fourth District Court of Appeals (the “Court”) affirmed a Superior Court of Orange County decision finding that the defendants failed to provide any evidence that a department chair’s statements were made in connection to the hospital’s peer review process.
The plaintiffs...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed the decision of a district court granting summary judgment in favor of a hospital after a former employee sued for it for breaching a separation agreement.
The plaintiff in the case, dermatologist Elisa S....
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 11
Returning to practice or reengaging in specific practice areas can be a daunting process, both for physicians and for the hospitals where they seek to practice. Every year, large numbers of physicians seek to return to practice after an extended voluntary absence from patient care. Others have...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 11
