In the ambulatory arena, top problems include identifying viable reviewers, developing a robust assessment mechanism, and putting aside collegial and business allegiances to ensure meaningful evaluation.

In an effort to enhance management skills and improve patient outcomes, L.A. Care Health Plan is offering physicians a six-month training program to become better leaders.

In the hospital setting, a completed checklist prefacing a credentials file can demonstrate to department chairs, the credentials committee, the medical executive committee, and the governing board that an application has been thoroughly vetted and properly prepared. Credentialing checklists can serve similar functions in ambulatory care facilities, surgery centers, private physician practices, and managed care environments.

Many medical staffs invest a considerable amount of time thinking about or actually developing and trying to implement ambulatory privileges. Before your medical staff does so, make sure to answer this questions: Are you required to have separate ambulatory privileges for those physicians practicing exclusively in an outpatient setting?

Published 5/16/18

Last month, we explored the “germinating seed” in some medical staff leaders of the recognition that there might be more to healthcare than just the physician-patient interaction that is the cornerstone of our medical training and experience. If this happens, medical staff leaders are encouraged to listen and be open to what emerges.

Published 5/14/18

Last month, I began discussing credentialing the “others” roaming your hospital’s hallways—contract personnel, medical device reps, commercial visitors, healthcare indus-try reps, vendor reps, etc.—and how vendor credential management (VCM) works. Now, I’d like to touch on the benefits of VCM and credentialing clinical contractors.

Are APPs active members of your medical staff? Answer our new poll question to let us know. You must be signed in with your free or paid CRC account to participate.

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