A new law will make it harder for another Christopher Duntsch to practice medicine in Texas. HB 1998 was signed into law on June 13. The bill includes several new patient safety measures aimed at keeping bad physicians from flying under the radar and practicing in Texas.

In the interest of recruiting good physicians for the medical staff, the hospital, and the community, the physician recruitment division and the credentialing division need to be on the same page. Imagine this scenario: the recruiting division spends time and resources to recruit a specialist. The department then does everything legally possible to sweeten the deal to bring the specialist on board. The specialist agrees to an income guarantee, a signing bonus, and other amenities, and starts looking for a house. Weeks to months later, when the credentialing division finally receives the medical staff application, red flags appear.

“User would like to recall their last email.”

Although this option exists in most email programs, let’s face it—once something is sent electronically, you cannot physically take it back. You are at the mercy of the recipient, hoping they will respect your wishes and delete the email without looking at it.

This policy provides for the confidentiality of records maintained by the Hospital medical staff and medical staff office (MSO). This includes the minutes of all medical staff committees and all correspondence between medical staff leaders and medical staff personnel and individual members of the medical staff or individuals privileged by the medical staff.

The provider enrollment process helps ensure that organizations are reimbursed for the care their practitioners provide patients. While it’s easy to focus on the main streams of revenue, provider enrollment professionals must be careful not to overlook the smaller streams that can easily escape their attention.