Ariya Ouskouian is accused of visiting two California hospitals between April and June and posing as a physician on several occasions. Authorities allege that Ouskouian cleared security at Children’s Hospital of Orange County by saying he lost his hospital ID badge and asking for a temporary one. He supposedly posed as a physician at that hospital on at least seven occasions. He is also alleged to have diagnosed a patient with a growth on his neck while posing as a physician at the University of California Irvine.

Published 9/25/18

For organizations moving toward the development of a criteria-based core privileging system, determining whether a certain procedure or privilege is core or special/noncore can be problematic. Core are those procedures or privileges that any well-trained physician within a particular specialty or subspecialty should be competent to perform upon completion of postgraduate training.

The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) team is extending the deadline to enter the 2019 CRC Symposium Case Study Competition and the 2019 CRC Achievement Awards, two application-based contests showcasing excellence in the medical staff services and leadership fields. The revised deadline for submitting contest applications is Monday, October 1, 2018.

For complete contest details and to enter the contests through our simple online process, visit https://credentialingresourcecenter.com/symposium/contests

Past winners have found the CRC Contests immensely valuable on multiple fronts, including:

• Professional education and expertise: Winners receive free admission to the 2019 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium. The event, which will be held February 26–28 at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, provides MSPs, medical staff leaders, and quality directors with three days’ worth of expert insight and actionable strategies for developing and sustaining effective credentialing, privileging, competence assessment, and medical staff governance processes amid constant changes to healthcare service delivery and reimbursement.
• Career advancement: This prestigious recognition looks great on a résumé.
• Networking: The CRC team showcases winners and their important work in widely distributed industry publications and honors these trailblazers at the CRC Symposium, thereby connecting them with influential industry stakeholders across the country and professional spectrum.

The Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) team is at the NAMSS Conference! Stop by Booth 236 to peruse the latest and greatest HCPro medical staff and credentialing resources, earn an exclusive discount, and enter our raffle to win a seart at the 2019 CRC Symposium in Las Vegas!

See you there!