We struggle to obtain sufficient peer review data on advanced practice professionals (APP) who bill under their collaborating or supervising...Read More »
Because microhospitals are currently subject to regulations developed decades ago and with larger acute care institutions in mind, they can run...Read More »
Featuring a handful of inpatient beds and a narrow selection of community-tailored services, microhospitals are seeking to revolutionize care...Read More »
A challenge that commonly arises in addressing crossover privileges occurs when one specialty recommends different criteria for the same privilege...Read More »
The updated National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Guidebook was published in April 2015. The revised edition expanded parameters for reporting...Read More »
Saint Elsewhere Hospital is about to sign a five-year contract with Teleradiology of America (TRA). TRA is a large, international company serving...Read More »
If certain privileging-related requirements, such as possession of board certification, current licensure, and professional liability coverage, apply to all or the vast majority of medical staff members, consider defining them in the medical staff bylaws as “general qualifications for membership...
For healthcare organizations, making sense of all the credentialing standards of major accrediting bodies—including CMS, DNV GL, the Healthcare...Read More »
