In response to the Affordable Care Act, some primary care physicians are moving toward offering direct primary care to avoid complications with the insurance requirement. There are currently more than 400 direct primary care practices nationwide. Before 2010, there were between six and 20...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
“When engagement scores are low, physicians take little pride in the hospital, would not recommend it to a job-seeking colleague, and believe that the hospital’s mission and vision are not in sync [with] the needs of patients.”
- Richard Gunderman, MD, discusses low...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
HCPro’s Credentialing Resource Center now has a Twitter account (@hcpro_crc) for an easy way to hear about our latest news, including updates about the upcoming...
Conducting OPPE has been a requirement for accreditation by The Joint Commission since 2008 and recently became a stipulation of HFAP accreditation. Despite its prevalence, the OPPE process can present a number of challenges for MSPs, practitioners, and medical staff leaders operating in today’s...
Strong data, efficient approaches, and interdisciplinary collaboration are cornerstones of successful OPPE and FPPE processes. Find out how to implement all three at the 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium.
This week, CRC Daily explores the OPPE process, whose success can hinge on the cohesion of a hospital’s quality and medical staff services departments (MSSD).
The Credentialing Resource Center Symposium features experts who have worked with or on medical staffs for years. HCPro is excited to welcome Todd Sagin, MD, JD, back to the podium as a speaker at the 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium.
Sagin offers a unique perspective as a...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
Hospitals that often refer patients to inpatient facilities are more likely to readmit the patients within 30 days, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles. Those hospitals had a 24.1% chance of readmitting patients compared to the 21.2% for hospitals...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
Dermatologists are the happiest of all physicians, according to the results of Medscape’s 2016 Lifestyle Report, which surveyed nearly 16,000 physicians nationwide. Thirty-nine percent of dermatologists reported being very or extremely happy at work. They were followed by ophthalmologists with...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
The percentage of physicians with burnout is rising, according to researchers at the AMA and Mayo Clinic. The researchers conducted a follow-up to a 2011 national survey and found that in 2014, 54.4% of physicians reported at least one sign of burnout on the Maslach Burnout Inventory, up from...
