A Credentialing Verification Organization (CVO) model offers financial benefits for hospitals and improved efficiency for providers and patients. Our expert explains the advantages.
Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE): Report or not? NPDB’s new definition of “investigation.” Protect medical staff while making the most of FPPE.
Privilege-redesign projects can reveal something unexpected. Often, advanced practice professionals being “trained up” without privileging. A formal process is needed to mitigate risk.
It’s time to dust off my crystal ball and preview hot topics for CMS / State Survey Agencies and The Joint Commission (TJC) for the coming year—and how you can prepare for each.
Many states allow APRNs to practice independently (and more may head in this direction). So, if APRNs can practice independently, does that mean they MUST be members of the medical staff?
The pandemic has disrupted nearly everything since spring of 2020. Check out this comprehensive checklist for busy hospitals. It’s a “one-stop shop” with all of the rules in one place.
Over the past few years, attention has been drawn away from some of the more routine, yet extremely necessary, activities and oversight needed in healthcare facilities.
When patients arrive to an emergency department, chronic and acute medical conditions are sometimes overlooked in mental health patients. It's time to de-compartmentalize our approach.
