Following a complete, compliant, and risk-adverse initial credentialing and privileging process protects patients, the organizations, practitioners, and even the MSP. However, MSPs often field requests or feel pressure from physician leaders or administrators to skirt the full credentialing...
If a low- or no-volume practitioner is on staff at another hospital and working there, getting relevant data can be as easy as reaching out to the other facility with the appropriate consent and release forms, says Kathy Matzka, CPMSM, CPCS, a medical staff consultant in Lebanon...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed the decision of a district court granting summary judgment in favor of a hospital after a former employee sued for it for breaching a separation agreement.
The plaintiff in the case, dermatologist Elisa S....
The Association for Ambulatory Health Care’s (AAAHC) quality roadmap points to credentialing, privileging, and peer review as pervasive trouble spots for ambulatory care facilities. With these shortcomings in accreditors’ crosshairs, take extra pains to avoid the following vetting missteps:...
