Advanced practice professionals (APP) can bring valuable insight to medical staff committee roles and reduce the pressure on physician leaders to...Read More »
"Do more with less" is the mantra that many MSPs hear ad nauseam throughout our careers. The medical staff office (MSO) often becomes the go-to...Read More »
We continue to see the roles of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA) evolve with expanding opportunities in a multitude of...Read More »
In response to criticism that its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) exam is too time-consuming, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)...Read More »
Negligent credentialing cases have picked up steam in recent years, but for the medical staff office, litigation poses less of a threat than...Read More »
In 2011, CMS issued a final rule that stated a hospital or critical access hospital seeking telemedicine services (the originating site) can use...Read More »
Developing core privilege forms is a lengthy and complex process that requires weeks of researching specialty medical societies for competency...Read More »
In today’s variable healthcare climate, hospitals should take extra pains to assemble a medical staff that’s capable of—and committed to—achieving...Read More »
Identifying red flags within credentialing applications can be the first step to protecting yourself and your facility from a successful plaintiff...Read More »
