Recent CMS revisions to the State Operations Manual for Hospitals are zeroing in on the agency’s definition of a “hospital.” According to one expert, this new survey guidance may be an attempt to define the parameters of a microhospital.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the medical credentialing process is incredibly long and bureaucratic, with massive amounts of repetitive paperwork going to several different agencies with different methodologies, each laboring under the impression that their means of operation is best. The job carries with it a heavy burden of responsibility—thoroughness and credibility are vital when the margin of error is so small. But being overly cautious is not the same as taking the appropriate precautions. Complexity and exhaustivity are not always positives.

Here are some highlights from Day 1 of the CRC Symposium!

“The walls of our hospitals are starting to melt away for a variety of reasons.”

Todd Sagin, MD, JD, kicks off the CRC Symposium keynote with a look at the future of the credentialing process.
 

Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS: Have you seen the employment contract?

Todd Sagin, MD, JD: Yeah it’s like 80 pages.

Cairns and Sagin reenact an outdated physician recruitment process.

“We don’t deliver care individually much anymore but we don’t do much to recognize care as a team.”

Mark Smith, MD, MBA, FACS, discusses ambulatory assessment strategies.

Keep posting comments and conference photos to the Activity Feed on the conference mobile app. We will award a free HCPro book to the attendee with the best posts. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, February 6, at 3 PM.

There’s plenty of action you don’t want to miss on the final day of the 2018 Credentialing Resource Center Symposium. Here are a few highlights:

• Join us for breakfast at 7 AM and be there when we raffle off a one-year Platinum Plus subscription to the Credentialing Resource Center and a seat to the 2018 CRC Symposium
• The 2018 CRC Medical Staff Professional of the Year Award and the 2018 CRC Medical Staff Leader of the Year will be presented during the 8 AM general session
• Lunch will be provided at 12:15 PM. It’ll be one of your last chances to spend quality networking time with your fellow attendees and the vendors.

We’ll adjourn at 4:30 PM and you’ll be free to explore Las Vegas on your own time. Don’t forget to check out the Credentialing Resource Center’s local attraction guide.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s session, Miller v. Huron: Lessons Learned, at 3:15 PM. Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, and Todd Sagin, MD, JD, will discuss the credentialing industry’s latest noteworthy court case, for which Cairns served as an expert witness. They will be joined onstage by their fellow CRC Symposium speakers to reenact a series of vignettes about the case.