Ask the expert: Who is counted as a peer when giving clinical references?
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, December 11, 2008
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A peer is a practitioner of the applicant’s same educational level (e.g., physician, PA, APRN, etc.) and same specialty (e.g. internal medicine or general surgery) who has worked closely and recently with the applicant at the same facility. Although valuable (and often required) during the credentialing process, references from practitioners who have served with the applicant in a supervisory role (resident coordinators, department heads, or a PA’s supervising physician) should not be considered peer references.
This week’s answer is from Ready, Set, Credential!: Questions, Games, and Other Strategies to Train Your Staff, Second Edition, by Nancy C. Lian, CPMSM, CPCS.
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