Credentialing & Privileging Articles by Topic: Primary Source Verification
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 34, September 2, 2011
Some organizations address the credentialing and privileging of advanced practice professionals...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 2, January 14, 2011
Physicians with less-than-stellar medical malpractice records appear to have clean slates...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 1, January 7, 2011
A Tampa (FL) certified nursing assistant (CNA) practiced in the James A. Haley Medical Center for...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 1, January 7, 2011
Some healthcare facilities prohibit healthcare professionals from joining their medical staffs if...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 47, December 9, 2010
One surefire way of determining when to redesign a credentialing application is when the medical...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 47, December 9, 2010
Prior to granting privileges, organizations evaluate:
Challenges to licensure registration...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 46, December 2, 2010
The prospect of creating effective, efficient credentialing and privileging systems is intimidating...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 46, December 2, 2010
Individuals and institutions providing references may be afraid of providing honest feedback for...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 44, November 11, 2010
Have you ever received a request at your organization from a person interested in shadowing or...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 43, November 4, 2010
It’s not quite time to say good-bye to the HIPDB, but it’s important for medical staffs...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 11, November 1, 2010
Briefings on Credentialing, November 2010
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 40, October 14, 2010
If you’re having difficulty determining how much money out of your general medical staff...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 38, September 30, 2010
Hospitals are changing the way they do business and collecting more information. In the past, many...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 37, September 23, 2010
In this week’s column, Anne R. Buss CPMSM, CPCS, a medical staff consultant based in...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 35, September 9, 2010
Note: This week’s Q & A was answered by Cheryl Gross, MA, CAE, director of the Division...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 33, August 19, 2010
A majority of courts in the United States have recognized expressly that a hospital has a duty to...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 33, August 19, 2010
Does your medical staff services department track how much it costs to credential each individual...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 28, July 15, 2010
Let your voice be heard. We’re now accepting applications to present at the 2011...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 26, July 1, 2010
This week’s free form was submitted by reader Christine Lollar, administrative project...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 23, June 10, 2010
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) claims that about 140 practitioners cheated on...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 23, June 10, 2010
The credentialing conversation is moving in a new direction in Washington State where Senate Bill...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 6, June 1, 2010
Briefings on Credentialing, June 2010 (pdf)
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 20, May 20, 2010
In this week’s column, Anne R. Buss, CPMSM, CPCS discusses some of the benefits and...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 20, May 20, 2010
Multiple agencies are faulted for not stopping the doctor at the center of a large-scale abuse...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 19, May 13, 2010
How does your medical staff keep confidential information under wraps? Do you make medical staff...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 19, May 13, 2010
Nearly 40 percent of the doctors who’ve received fast-tracked Texas medical licenses in the...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 19, May 13, 2010
Thank you to everyone who helped make our 13th Annual Credentialing Resource Center Symposium a...
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Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
As the physician shortage increases, locum tenens physicians often are the saving grace of...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 17, April 29, 2010
The credentialing process takes as long as required to compile a complete application file, verify...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 17, April 29, 2010
Natural disasters, traffic accidents with multiple injuries, attacks—all of these events can...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 15, April 15, 2010
Designated equivalent sources are selected agencies that have been determined to maintain...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 15, April 15, 2010
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that some, but...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 15, April 15, 2010
In this week’s column, Anne R. Buss, CPMSM, CPCS advises MSPs to clearly set apart their...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 14, April 8, 2010
If the ambulatory care facility (ACF) is affiliated with a hospital or health system network, it...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 14, April 8, 2010
Congratulations to Becky J. Peitz RN, CPCS, CPMSM, our April contest winner! Her sample exit...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 13, April 1, 2010
In this week’s column, Emily Berry, associate editor, reminds MSPs to ask what the medical...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 12, March 25, 2010
The following are helpful vocabulary words to know to ensure your verification requests collect the...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 9, March 4, 2010
Following a newspaper exposé that revealed inaccuracies in the National Practitioner Data...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 8, February 25, 2010
Last week’s poll question asked “How confident are you that the NPDB contains up to...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 4, February 4, 2010
Each month, we will give away one free registration to the upcoming Credentialing Resource Center...
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Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Learn about alternative plans for gathering verification information when a practitioner’s...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) issued a press release earlier this week about the...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Medical staffs should determine the criteria for APP privileges prior to accepting applications so...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
If you are the medical staff on the receiving end of a request for a practitioner’s privilege...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 47, December 10, 2009
On request, the medical staff services department should provide prospective applicants an...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 46, December 3, 2009
In this week’s column, Anne Roberts, CPMSM, CPCS, discusses what happens when a department...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Holland Hospital worked with a Lean Six Sigma consulting team to improve the work flow in their...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved the new child abuse pediatrics specialty...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved the new child abuse pediatrics specialty...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 44, November 12, 2009
In this week’s column, Emily Berry, associate editor, explores the link between the work of...
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Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Nothing grabs a credentials committee’s attention like a National Practitioner Data Bank...
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Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The latest 'how-to' techniques, and practical 'working tools' to help you credential and conduct...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Identifying never events in credentialing emphasizes existing policies and rules and can...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 39, October 1, 2009
Last week we asked how many of you use preapplications. Over 150 of you took our poll and the...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 38, September 24, 2009
In the November issue of Briefings on Credentialing we examine the current use of pre-applications...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 38, September 24, 2009
In this week’s column, Emily Berry, associate editor, offers tips for improving your locum...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 37, September 17, 2009
Attention all Platinum CRC subscribers: you’ve just been upgraded! Your subscription now...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 34, August 27, 2009
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has issued a policy statement advising its member...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 33, August 20, 2009
FCVS fact sheets are available on the Federation of State Medical Boards’ (FSMB) Web site...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 33, August 20, 2009
In this week’s column, Anne R. Buss, CPMSM, CPCS stresses the importance for practitioners to...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Bringing in an outside proctor to work with your medical staff may be a rare circumstance, which is...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 30, July 30, 2009
In this week’s column, Emily Berry, associate editor, shares findings from a recent poll...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 29, July 23, 2009
The credentialing process has many steps, and sometimes practitioners don’t advance very far...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
In this month’s column, Becky Cochran, CPMSM, CPCS, tells readers what to do with information...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
It’s important to keep credentials files organized because that is the first impression many...
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Credentialing Resource Center, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Charging credentialing fees for processing applications is not a new concept. However, more medical...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 25, June 25, 2009
You should review in detail which elements of a background check you want to include in your...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 23, June 11, 2009
“If there is a reason why a disclosing party does not want to provide information [in a...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 22, June 4, 2009
Last week, we wrote about a new study that claims that hospitals are not reporting practitioners to...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 19, May 8, 2009
In this week’s column, Anne R. Buss, CPMSM, CPCS asks how familiar you are with your...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 17, April 30, 2009
Does your organization charge practitioners an application or reapplication fee? What about fees...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 17, April 30, 2009
The results are in from last week’s poll. We asked readers what work gap length does your...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 16, April 23, 2009
Most organizations require practitioners to provide a written statement explaining gaps in work...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 15, April 16, 2009
The Connecticut Attorney General is investigating complaints from the American Board of Internal...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 10, March 5, 2009
A locum tenens firm’s verification department is integral in verifying the quality of...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 10, March 5, 2009
Although accrediting standards often change, there have been no recent significant differences...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 9, February 26, 2009
Many practitioners have longstanding affiliations with nursing homes, but nursing homes rarely have...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 7, February 12, 2009
A chief medical officer responsible for checking the credentials other practitioners at the...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 6, February 5, 2009
In this week’s column, Anne Roberts, CPMSM, CPCS outlines the Joint Commission’s...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 3, January 15, 2009
Welcome back to the third week of Free Form Friday – and the first week featuring the new...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 2, January 8, 2009
Medical staff bylaws or associated documents should contain a provision for how applications are...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 2, January 8, 2009
The following are the five basic rules of credentialing:
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Credentialing and Peer Review Legal Insider, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Like all of us, physicians worry about their privacy and reputations. And no one has access to as...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 39, December 30, 2008
Today, New Year's Eve, we remember the year that has past and preapre for new...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 36, December 9, 2008
Yes. The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) provides online credentials verification profiles...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 36, December 9, 2008
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has announced it will permanently store the physician...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 35, December 2, 2008
The 2009 Credentials Verification Desk Reference (CVDR) is now available; order your copy...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 34, November 25, 2008
In a new “frequently asked questions” (FAQ) about its 2009 healthcare accreditation...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 33, November 18, 2008
Military service can often be especially challenging to verify, especially if the service occurred...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 43, November 13, 2008
The 2009 Credentials Verification Desk Reference (CVDR) is now available for pre-orders and will be...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 32, November 11, 2008
I was curious about the FTC’s and other federal agencies regulations requiring compliance...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 31, November 4, 2008
The 2009 Credentials Verification Desk Reference (CVDR) is now available for pre-orders and will be...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 30, October 28, 2008
Earlier this month, we asked Credentialing & Verification Update readers to submit your...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 30, October 28, 2008
HCPro is pleased to announce an encore presentation of our free Webcast about how you can use the...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 40, October 23, 2008
I asked Paul M. Schyve, MD., Senior Vice President for Joint Commission a question at the NAMSS...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 29, October 21, 2008
HCPro is pleased to announce an encore presentation of our free Webcast on using the Credentialing...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 29, October 21, 2008
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the Montana State Board of Medical Examiners is not...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 39, October 16, 2008
The initial application for physician and allied health applicants should request information about...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 39, October 16, 2008
The Credentialing and Privileging Desktop Reference Online is a searchable directory of primary...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 28, October 14, 2008
The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) has issued an advisory to...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 28, October 14, 2008
This is your last reminder to submit a verification horror story to Credentialing &...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 28, October 14, 2008
For Joint Commission-accredited organizations, standards require the organization to not only...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 38, October 9, 2008
The NCQA requires applications to include a dated attestation statement from the applicant...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 38, October 9, 2008
One way to ensure that a practitioner providing a peer review includes relevant information is to...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 27, October 7, 2008
Yes. One example of a topic where Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaide Services...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 27, October 7, 2008
Will you be attending the annual conference of the National Association Medical Staff Services...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 37, October 2, 2008
CertiFACTS On-Line is your direct link to the most current board certification data for all 24 ABMS...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 25, September 30, 2008
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has announced that effective January 1, 2009...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 24, September 23, 2008
The Association of Postgraduate Physician Assistant Programs (APPAP) provides a list of...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 24, September 23, 2008
Credentialing & Verification Update wants to know: Have you experienced a verification...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 25, September 18, 2008
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services created a new form of identification for use in the...
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Credentialing Resource Center Insider, Issue 35, September 18, 2008
Planning to attend the NAMSS conference on October 13-15 and need to purchase a new or improved...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 23, September 16, 2008
Have you experienced a verification nightmare? This Halloween, HCPro wants to hear your...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 23, September 16, 2008
Every hospital sets unique policies specifying the level of malpractice insurance coverage...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 22, September 9, 2008
A new credentialing form is available for download at the Credentialing and Privileging Desk...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 22, September 8, 2008
A recent MedScape article by Emily Friedman entitled Hospitals We Can't Afford to Lose stated that...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 21, September 3, 2008
If you missed last week's free Webcast, Overcoming verification frustration: Tips and tricks for...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 21, September 3, 2008
Michigan's Governor Janet Granholm was informed on August 6 that there was a breach of the...
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Credentialing & Verification Update, Issue 21, September 3, 2008
Informational, insightful, and inspirational; the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) Blog is all...
