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Amy Niehaus, CPMSM, CPCS, MBA, answers the question: At what point in the medical staff credentialing process can an application for enrollment be submitted to the payers?

A rise in interest in osteopathic medicine has led to confusion about who is trained to practice this type of medicine. Physician leaders and MSPs must play a part in protecting patients from practitioners who falsify their credentials.

The 2019 CRC Symposium delivers 2.5 days of engaging education and training to MSPs, medical staff leaders, and quality directors in credentialing environments spanning the care continuum. Top industry experts impart fresh insight and actionable strategies for developing and sustaining effective credentialing, privileging, competence assessment, and medical staff governance processes amid constant changes to healthcare service delivery and reimbursement. Click here to check out the 2019 agenda!

Would you be interested in a book concerning how to process physicians who wish to reenter practice? Answer our latest poll question to let us know! Anything specific you'd like to see addressed in the book? Send your thoughts to Associate Editor Karla Accorto at kaccorto@hcpro.com.