Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 11

Public Citizen report cites problems with NPDB and OIG exclusions

November 1, 2013

A key element to the physician credentialing and privileging process is querying the NPDB, a step that has become standard practice whenever a credentialing committee is considering a new candidate or an existing physician is renewing privileges.

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 11

Hardwire physician leadership succession planning

November 1, 2013

Having a competent, engaged chief of staff (aka medical staff president, medical staff chairman) is a key factor in a medical services professional's job satisfaction. It goes beyond liking the individual on a personal basis. The physician leader whom the medical staff services...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 11

Does your organization have a utilization management ­committee?

November 1, 2013

Did you know that, hidden away in the CMS Conditions of ­Participation (CoP), there is an often-overlooked requirement that is ideal for increasing medical staff involvement and improving practice evaluation?

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 11

Credentialing Resource Center Journal, November 2013

November 1, 2013

Keeping ahead of new ≠technology privileging issues

Chances are good that your medical services department has already been given the challenging task of assessing a telemedicine ≠providers' competency or for a practitioner who is using a

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Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 11

Illinois Appellate Court affirms dismissal of orthopedic surgeon's claims regarding restriction of privileges

November 1, 2013

The Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed a trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by an orthopedic surgeon claiming that a private hospital violated its bylaws and that its proceedings were fundamentally unfair in deciding to restrict the...

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 11

Medicine from afar

November 1, 2013

Tucked away on the far side of mountain passes in northeast Oregon, the 25-bed critical access Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande provides much-­needed care for a populace that can be cut off from larger facilities by a single snowstorm.

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