When the credentials committee considers an application, that application contains two parts. The first is for membership in the medical staff. Criteria for such membership may include type of licensure, education, training, and experience. The second part is for privileges, which define the scope of clinical care that an applicant can administer and should be matched to that applicant’s current clinical competency.
The National Provider Enrollment Forum returns September 16-18 in Charlotte, North Carolina, to delivers engaging education and training to provider enrollment professionals, enrollment managers, and credentialing specialists. Register today to get $100 off your registration. Interested in securing your seat? Click here.
The 2024 MSP Salary Survey Report features comparative data from more than 2,000 responses collected over five years, and contains three major sections, upwards of 125 statistical visualizations, and thousands of words devoted to expert-driven analysis and guidance. By publishing this information, the Credentialing Resource Center team hopes to empower MSPs across career stages, the compensation spectrum, and the care continuum with insights and inspiration to advance their career goals.
When we caught up with Dawn Anderson, CPCS, CPMSM, director of credentialing, privileging, and licensing at Ob Hospitalist Group in Greenville, South Carolina, last month, she beamed around a discussion about a particularly high-performing employee. They not only celebrated her achievements, but also had her train new employees to help create an environment of continuous learning and aspirational performance standards. The employee is credentialing and licensing training manager Terra Halcomb, MBA, CPCS, CPMSM.
The subspecialty of hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is the medical component of the broad therapeutic model known as palliative care. These subspecialists reduce the burden of life-threatening conditions by supporting the best quality of life throughout the course of an illness and by managing factors that contribute to the suffering of the patient and the patient’s family.
