“I don't think it is the demands of being a physician—responding to a code, considering a puzzling diagnosis, or holding a hand through the night—that leads to burnout. I think it is all the non-physician things we do that are slowly eroding our profession and our passion.”
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 3
We’re looking for new members to join the editorial advisory board for our monthly newsletter Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider. We’re looking for members who can contribute a unique perspective from areas of credentialing and peer review (e.g.,...
With the rise of healthcare services outside traditional hospital settings, outpatient practitioner credentialing and peer review are challenging medical staff services departments nationwide. We spoke with 2016 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium presenter Todd Sagin, MD, JD,...
Proctors may not know what information they need to collect or report. To help proctors succeed, give them a standardized form to complete when observing another physician. Today’s free resource is a summary focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) monitoring form. This form is completed...
Proctoring as a competency assessment tool has had new life breathed into it by The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services insistence that practitioners demonstrate their current competence to hold privileges in accredited hospitals. No longer can physicians be deemed qualified...
Care New England Health System is taking a systemwide approach to FPPE policies and forms. It’s a work in progress, but some elements are already in place, says Anne Marie Dion, CPMSM, director of medical staff services at Kent Hospital, in Warwick, Rhode Island, part of the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
HCPro is now offering some of our popular medical staff leadership titles as eBooks. With physician leaders constantly on the go, or not being physically present in the hospital as often as they once were, you may be struggling to provide them the education they need. eBooks are the solution,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is implementing steps this year to hopefully reduce the amount of time it takes providers to become enrolled in its state Medicaid program, Physical Health Managed Care Organizations (PH-MCO). Beginning in 2016, the managed care organizations have to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
Medical staff leaders need to understand that the path followed for non-conformance by employed physicians may follow a different process than that outlined in medical staff documents. A best practice is to develop a clear policy for how the more common performance issues will be handled. This...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 17, Issue 2
This week, Medicare officials announced the creation of 121 new accountable care organizations (ACO). Almost 8.9 million Medicare beneficiaries will now be getting their care through ACOs, an increase of about 1 million beneficiaries receiving care under this model. ACOs are hoped to improve...
