According to news articles posted by the American Academy of PAs, both Maine and Iowa have passed legislation allowing physician assistants (PA) to practice more freely in the fight against the new coronavirus (COVID-19), effectively removing administrative burdens that can delay the provision...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 29, Issue 3
If you’ve worked in medical staff services for a long time, you probably have a solid process in place for managing and processing physician applications for appointment/reappointment. Can you say the same for your advanced practice professional applicants (APP)?
As the number of advanced practice professionals (APP) continues to explode, MSPs see more variation in how supervising physicians utilize APPs. One physician assistant (PA) may hold privileges to perform certain procedures while another PA may not. It is difficult to create metrics when there...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 12
Peer references should be valuable tools in helping MSPs and credentialing committees uncover potential competency issues and assess whether the APP will be a good culture fit.
In 2018, 91.5% of people in the United States had healthcare coverage for at least part of the year. That means that 8.5%, or 27.5 million people, went the entire year without any form of health insurance.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 28, Issue 9
Accreditation organizations require medical staff services departments to perform ongoing professional practice evaluations to assess the competency of providers granted clinical privileges, including APPs, on a continual basis.The OPPE process relies on MSPs’ ability to collect clean data that...