Despite the clear competency crossover in medical staff services and provider enrollment, not everyone is taking advantage of the alignment opportunities. Over half of respondents to the 2017 MSP Salary Survey (55.6%) who work on teams that facilitate medical staff services report that, while their organization also performs provider enrollment, those services are handled by a different department.

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