Coaching programs can help health systems address physician well-being and retention. Physicians benefit from coaching by having dedicated time to pause and focus on their own development with a confidential thought-partner, says Ashley Villani, MBA, senior organization development consultant at GLLI. Coaching has also been linked to increased physician engagement, which helps address burnout.

The Credentialing Resource Center’s annual MSP Salary Survey measures the compensation rates, essential duties, and other workplace trends shaping the careers of MSPs across the industry. Click here to take the 2021 MSP Salary Survey today to make sure your professional experiences are represented. The more responses we have, the more meaningful (and actionable) the data will be in the special reports we release for both CRC members and non-members.

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National Provider Enrollment Virtual, November 2-3, is perfect for those of you who are unable to travel or just want some additional training from the comfort of your home or office. This event is packed with education for both new and veteran provider enrollment professionals. Learn best practices for enrolling with Medicare and commercial payers, using the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS), and streamlining enrollment, contracting, and recruitment. Attendees get on-demand access to these virtual sessions for 60 days. For more information, including the agenda, click here.

Proactive recruitment means finding physicians on the medical staff who have the ability to lead, but whose talents may not have come to the notice of others. Using surveys is one tool to ferret out potential leaders.

The Arizona Court of Appeals (the "Court") affirmed a superior court's ruling for summary judgment in favor of a hospital's chief of cardiology and health system's general counsel against a physician's claims of defamation.

The plaintiff, cardiologist Seyed Mohsen Sharifi Takieh, MD (“Sharifi”), brought his claims against the defendants following the loss of his clinical privileges at Banner Baywood Medical Center (the "Hospital") in Mesa, Arizona.

Enrollment. Managed care. Recruitment. Contracting. These are common terms heard in the provider enrollment world. Yet there is often confusion about what each term means and how these functions work together in enabling practitioners to deliver patient care. LaShawna Brown, CPMSM, CPCS, credentialing manager for CommunityCare Managed Healthcare Plans of Oklahoma and founder of On a Mission Credentialing, recently sat down with Credentialing Resource Center Journal to discuss these processes and offered tips on how to streamline enrollment.