CMS and The Joint Commission require individuals other than licensed physicians who provide a “medical level of care” in the hospital to be credentialed and privileged in the same fashion as physicians. As advanced practice professionals (APP) have a greater presence in medical centers, some...
Hospitals and medical clinics are unique given the amount of personal information stored in their databanks. Despite the many technological...Read More »
Handling requests for information from law enforcement can throw staff for a loop. Most staff are aware of their organization’s policies and the...Read More »
In a credentialing-by-proxy arrangement, does the originating site have to actually grant clinical privileges to the telemedicine practitioner, or...Read More »
What if the employment agreement doesn't have co-terminus language about termination/privileges? How does the medical staff services department (...Read More »
Recent CMS revisions to the State Operations Manual for Hospitals are zeroing in on the agency’s definition of a “hospital.” According to...Read More »
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...
For healthcare organizations that enter into credentialing by proxy arrangements, one of the most needling and long-standing pain points is allying intention and execution. Before enlisting telemedicine practitioners, hospitals should ensure that they have the necessary provisions in their...
Most people don’t realize the true definition of board certification. “It doesn’t mean only being certified by the American Board of Medical...Read More »
