A new report suggests that while family physicians have been the most heavily recruited for more than a decade, specialist recruitment saw a boost in 2021 as office visits decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Every hospital sets unique policies specifying the level of malpractice insurance coverage practitioners must carry. When coverage is required by the organization’s medical staff bylaws, institutional policies, or rules and regulations, the medical staff services department must verify that each...
HCPro is currently seeking speakers to present at 2022 Credentialing Resource Center Virtual Symposium, June 28-29. We're looking for MSPs and medical staff leaders to present on a wide range of aspects of credentialing, privileging, and medical staff functions across any healthcare setting....
All U.S. states and territories are now subject to the CMS interim final rule requiring staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In a new memo to CMS state surveyors posted January 20, the agency added Texas as the final state subject to the rule after the last injunction was lifted from...
When making a request for privileges, applicants must meet the criteria and qualifications for those privileges, or their request will not be processed. Criteria for privileging is focused on competency to perform the requested patient care services. Eligibility criteria for privileges could...
To ease strain on the state's healthcare system, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) issued several emergency orders aimed to address continued critical staffing shortages. Since the beginning of 2021, staffing shortages have contributed to the loss of approximately 700 medical/...
