Medical staff governing documents must articulate the standards that practitioners must meet to qualify for medical staff membership/privileges. In general, the list of qualifications will address the applicant’s background, experience, ability to perform requested privileges, training, and...
More than 80% of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) have been recently contacted by a job recruiter, according to a survey conducted by PracticeMatch. Of the 1,070 advanced practice professionals surveyed, one third said they expect to change jobs within a few years. Nearly...
References to red flags are rife in the medical staff arena. Loss of licensure, significant malpractice activity, poor clinical references, and their ilk are targets of considerable scrutiny during the credentialing process. But what about the subtler inconsistencies and deviations that can...
MSPs are often tasked with taking meeting minutes for medical staff committees, including the credentials committee. The compiler of the minutes sends them to the credentials committee chair for approval, and it’s most effective if this happens within a week of the meeting. Many MSPs write and...
Physician employment has gained considerable ground over the past decade. In 2014, hospitals employed almost 123,000 physicians and dentists—a 76% rise from the 2003 rate, according to the American Hospital Association. This trend carries major challenges and opportunities for healthcare...
Stop by Booth #106 to see the latest and greatest medical staff and credentialing products from HCPro, to learn about two exciting new contests for MSPs and medical staff leaders who have made exceptional strides in their organizations and the broader professional community, and to enter into...
CRC Daily opens this week’s coverage of the ever-evolving practitioner vetting landscape with a closer look at criteria for managed care credentialing.
Accreditation and regulatory standards for managed care credentialing establish a minimum standard that health plans use to...
Given the physical barriers telemedicine poses to conventional credentialing, privileging, and peer review approaches, it’s important to pave new paths for confirming competence and fostering collegiality among all practitioners with ties to a facility. Empower distant practitioners to not only...
The Medical Staff Office Manual: Tools and Techniques for Success is a comprehensive guide that maps every aspect of the medical staff office, from onboarding and orienting physicians to querying other facilities for practitioner information and effectively...
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that physicians spend twice as much time on electronic health records (EHR) and desk work than in direct clinical facetime with patients. Researchers came to this conclusion after observing 57 physicians in four specialties...
