Most credentialing work is considered a peer review activity performed by the medical staff and governing board. As a result, state laws generally grant some amount of peer review protection to those parts of a particular credentials file that are acted upon by medical staff committees or the...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 11
Credentialing and privileging have long been keystones of quality care and patient safety. But as healthcare reform drives consolidation, integration, and value-based reimbursement, these perennial functions are taking on new forms, environments, and significance. The following Q&A...
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National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week, which kicks off this Sunday, presents an opportunity to elevate understanding of MSPs and to attract high-performing talent to the profession, says Raechel Rowland, RN, LSSGB, medical staff quality specialist at Ascension Borgess...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 10
A growing number of physicians are working well beyond the traditional retirement age, leading health systems to create policies to test the physical, cognitive, and clinical skills of its surgeons. In 2014, there were nearly 100,000 physicians in their 70s still practicing, up 2% from 2012,...
