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Issue 7, March 11, 2009

• Tip of the week: Educate your credentials committee members

  Committee members must have a thorough understanding of what is required of the medical staff and...

• The verifications department at a locum tenens firm

  A locum tenens firm’s verification department is integral to verifying the quality of...

• Ask the expert: How do you encourage full disclosure on an application?

  When it comes to credentialing interrogatories—question  on the medical staff...

• Editor’s note: New changes to Credentialing and Verification Update

  Editor's note: New changes to Credentialing and Verification Update

Issue 6, February 25, 2009

• Tip of the week: Ensure the credentials committee owns the annual credentialing report

  The annual credentialing report (the overview of a facility’s current credentialing process...

• Conflict of interest questions on a credentialing application

  Like falling dominoes, it seems that one organization after another is demanding practitioners...

• Question of the week: Should the medical staff office track the dates of practitioners’ DEA certificates?

  Yes. If the practitioner fails to renew his or her Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA...

• Editor’s pick: What’s your credentialing software missing?

  Editor’s pick: What’s your credentialing software missing?

Issue 5, February 10, 2009

• Tip of the week: When establishing locum tenens? competence, make sure you go back far enough in time

  When credentialing and privileging a locum tenens practitioner, your competency data collection...

• Tip of the week: When establishing locum tenens’ competence, make sure you go back far enough in time

  When credentialing and privileging a locum tenens practitioner, your competency data collection...

• Question of the week: What?s the difference between credentialing and credentials verification?

  One point of confusion for many people is the difference between the terms credentialing and...

• Question of the week: What’s the difference between credentialing and credentials verification?

  One point of confusion for many people is the difference between the terms credentialing and...

• Qualifying for fast-track status

  Each organization must develop a fast-track policy that best fits its unique needs. Such a policy...

• Tip of the week: When establishing locum tenens’ competence, make sure you go back far enough in time

  When credentialing and privileging a locum tenens practitioner, your competency data collection...

Issue 4, January 28, 2009

• Free credentialing form: Application for medical staff reappointment

  For a limited time, the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) Blog presents a free credentialing form...

• Using information from Google when credentialing medical staff applicants

  Without a doubt, Google and other search engines have transformed the way credentialers verify...

• Hosptials meeting ER demands with locum tenens physicians

  A shortage of primary care physicians and an increasing number of Americans without health...

Issue 3, January 21, 2009

• From the CRC Blog: Checklists, training, and simulators

  Aviation safety and preventing medical errors are topics that usually catch our eye. Rita...

• Voice your opinion on the CRC Blog

  As you have probably noticed, many recent issues of Credentialing and Verification Update include...

• New certification board formed for hospital medicine

  There's a new specialty board in town: The American Board of Hospital Medicine (ABHM). Founded this...

Issue 2, January 12, 2009

• Free form: Letter denying application request

  On certain Fridays, the Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) Blog publishes a free credentialing...

• Editor's note: Primary source verification at the 2009 CRC Symposium

  The 12th Annual Credentialing Resource Center (CRC) Symposium, in Las Vegas, NV (May 14-15, 2009...

• No changes to primary source verification requirements in new Joint Commission standards

  Recent changes to Joint Commission hospital accreditation standards, as part of its application to...

Issue 1, January 6, 2009

• Editor's note: Attend HCPro's free core privileging software Webcast

  Are you looking for core privileging forms that are easy to customize and implement and a software...

• From the CRC Blog: A new year, new challenges

  Every New Year’s Eve, I think about setting goals for the New Year, both professional and...

• More changes coming to Joint Commission standards

  In preparation for the submission of its application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...