Calling all physician leaders, medical staff professionals, and credentialing professionals--We want to hear from you! Join us for a focus group call on Tuesday, December 10 at 1 p.m. EST to discuss the latest in industry news. We want to know what you're most interested in, what challenges you're currently facing, and how we can best meet your credentialing and privileging needs.

As a thank you for participating in the focus group, all callers will receive an exclusive discount code! Email Associate Editor Karla Accorto at kaccorto@hcpro.com for more information or to RSVP.

Sharing peer review information between healthcare organizations is essential to help medical staffs determine practitioners' competence and make informed privilege-granting decisions. However, medical staffs can find themselves facing legal challenges if the disclosure process is done inappropriately. Whether a medical staff adopts a policy or handles queries on an ad hoc basis, disclosures should be accurate, truthful, and factual.

As healthcare organizations continue to search for ways to reduce costs while maintaining quality, the credentialing and enrollment departments are coming to the forefront as ideal candidates for integration. Although both perform unique and distinct functions, there is significant overlap with the practitioner data and skill sets required to perform these functions.