This week the Institute of Medicine released its report on improving diagnosis in healthcare. According to the report, about 5% of adults in this country experience a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 37
If you missed (or can’t wait to go again) our 2015 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium in Las Vegas, mark your calendar now for the 2016 event, to be held April 7-8, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. Join us for two days of valuable education and training, taught by leading...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 9
Nine states had passed the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Interstate Medical Licensure Compact legislation when CRCJ spoke with Humayun Chaudhry, DO, MACP, president and CEO of the FSMB. The Compact won't mean the end of current licensing processes...
In April 2015, the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) published its first new guidebook in 13 years. It includes a significant expansion of the NPDB's definition of an investigation with direct impact on reporting requirements for physicians or dentists who resign while under investigation...
When developing a checklist to audit your credentials files, start with the staff category with the most elements in the file (e.g., active staff), says Lisa Kuklinski, BBA, CPMSM, CPCS, manager of medical staff services at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. From there, you can...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 34
There’s still time to sign up for HCPro’s medical staff/credentialing focus group on Thursday, September 17 at 4 p.m. EST. We want to know your opinions about industry needs and what products we should be developing. To participate, email managing editor Mary Stevens at...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 33
Are you interested in sharing your opinion about industry needs and products HCPro should be developing? If so, we want to hear from you. Join us on Thursday, September 17 at 4 p.m. EST for a medical staff/credentialing focus group. If you would like to participate, email...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 32
I recently read this article about the move by New York City hospitals to ban reality TV shows from filming patients without their prior written consent....
