The National Association Medical Staff Services (NAMSS) provides credentials for medical staff service professionals in the arenas of credentialing and medical services management.
The two certifications are:
Certified Professional Medical
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Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 2
The following is an excerpt from the live Q&A session of the 2021 National Provider Enrollment Virtual Event. Experts Stacy Brklacich, JD, legal counsel at Integris Health System; LaShawna Brown,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 2
The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department (the "Court") recently ruled that parts of a hospital peer review committee's meeting minutes were not entitled to the state's quality assurance privilege. Due to an exception in that privilege,...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 1
The Texas Court of Appeals (the "Court") reversed and vacated a trial court's temporary injunction ordering a hospital to grant temporary hospital privileges to a physician for the sole purpose of administering ivermectin to a patient suffering from the aftereffects of COVID-19.
The...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 1
Is it time to move toward a centralized verification organization (CVO)? Many organizations are doing so to streamline the credentialing process, reduce administrative redundancies, and lower costs, according to Jodie Chant, MPA/HCA, BHSA, CPCS, RHIT, president of Jodie Chant Consulting/Chant...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 31, Issue 1
What a couple of years it’s been. We’re almost 24 months out from when COVID-19 started to spread globally, eventually causing millions of deaths and rocking the healthcare industry, and the world, to the core. MSPs have been challenged since then on an administrative, emotional, and personal...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 12
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville (the "Court") awarded summary judgment in favor of a large hospital corporation being sued by a physician who was terminated during a leave of absence to receive treatment for substance abuse.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 30, Issue 12
The number of MSPs making more than $100,000 has increased over the past year, according to the 2021 MSP Salary Survey. This year, 22.3% of respondents reported earning $100,000 or more, compared to 19.5% in 2020.
