When a performance issue surfaces during a review process, maintaining strict confidentiality becomes crucial for both the practitioner and the facility. Due to the sensitive nature of poor findings—and the potential backlash from leaking information to the general membership—medical staff...
Working together to solve a problem is much better and less frustrating than going it alone, or worse, working at odds with someone else approaching the same challenge. The takeaway message from this series to date is to figure out how medical staff leaders and MSPs can jointly use their unique...
It’s important for credentials committee members to understand that they are involved directly or indirectly in developing an excellent privileging process. Privileging involves four distinct, ongoing steps.
Now that 2018 has officially come to a close, many people are taking the time to look back on the past year, particularly as they begin to set goals for the coming one. The medical staff services department and MSPs are certainly no exception.
Medical Staff Briefing spoke...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 1
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...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 27, Issue 12
