Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12

Credentialing Resource Center Journal, December 2013

December 1, 2013

Accountable care organizations (ACO) are touted as a way to lower Medicare costs and reward organizations for providing team-based quality patient care. Results have been mixed so far (see sidebar, p. 3), but entities continue to launch or join ACOs for several reasons. For many, it's...

Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 12

Credentialing & Peer Review Legal Insider, December 2013

December 1, 2013

Navigating the pitfalls of APP credentialing and competency assessments

The expanding role of APPs in healthcare has forced hospitals to find creative ways to appropriately credential and evaluate practitioners

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Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 12

Navigating the pitfalls of APP credentialing and competency assessments

December 1, 2013

The role of advanced practice professionals (APP) has expanded considerably over the last several years, and as the number of practicing APPs continues to increase, this subset of medical professionals is expected to continue taking on greater responsibilities when it comes to patient care...

Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 22, Issue 12

Are credentialing and privileging the same?

December 1, 2013

Editor's note: The following excerpt is adapted from the Medical Executive Committee Manual by William F. Mills, MD, MMM, CPE, FACPE, FAAFP, and Mary J. Hoppa, MD, MBA. To order or for more information, visit www.hcmarketplace....

Medical Staff Briefing - Volume 23, Issue 12

Is your medical staff office driving a Toyota? A look at process, credentialing, and privileging

December 1, 2013

Over many decades, Toyota Motor Corporation developed a Lean production to standardize work and reap the benefit of improved methodologies that impact the quality of a product. The base aims of standardized work are to impact and improve customer satisfaction while eliminating wasted,...

Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider - Volume 10, Issue 12

Supreme Court of North Dakota affirms summary judgment in favor of health system regarding physician’s claims for denial of privileges

December 1, 2013

The Supreme Court of North Dakota affirmed a state district court's decision to grant a health system's motion for summary judgment regarding a physician's claims against it for defamation, tortious interference with a prospective business advantage, and violations of North Dakota state...

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