Charting a Course of Action When Applicant Attestation Conflicts with FACIS® or NPDB Data When hiring a physician, a fairly common issue is discrepancies on applications...
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Medical Credentialing – From the Medicine Man to Telemedicine
A Brief History of the Evolution of Medical Credentialing In this blog, Hugh Greeley offers a brief summary of medical credentialing throughout history spanning from 1800 BC to...
Credentialing, OPPE, and FPPE for Advanced Nurse Practitioners (APN) and Physician Assistants (PA)
What Is the Difference Between OPPE and FPPE? The Joint Commission (TJC) is responsible for accrediting healthcare organizations and programs. The evaluations created by TJC...
Backup Physician Basics
How key members of leadership formulate the backup system to assign on-call physicians for all levels of medical staff Making sure all bases are covered in the event a surgeon,...
Keys to Managing Risk with Free Clinic Healthcare Volunteers
Important Tips for Effective Background Screening, Credentials Verification, and Continuous Monitoring of Healthcare Volunteers to Avoid Harm to Patients and Legal Exposure In...
Sanctioning Doctors for Prescription Drug Abuse
The Opioid Abuse and Overdose Epidemic Opioid abuse has become a serious problem nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a press release in 2011...
What is a GSA Background Check?
For health care organizations, patient safety is paramount. Ensuring that the providers who serve patients, some of our most vulnerable populations, are properly credentialed,...
Telehealth: Modern Health Management
In the past, the standard for medical treatment was to arrive at a healthcare facility to be diagnosed and treated. The advancements in technology and COVID-19 have rapidly...
Top 3 Reasons Why Medical Credentialing is Important
Why is Credentialing Important? The importance of medical credentialing plays out in so many ways from patient outcomes, to avoiding lost revenue from fines and civil monetary...
How to Navigate Telemedicine and Medical Credentialing
Telemedicine is a rapidly expanding field that has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proponents argue that telemedicine significantly increases healthcare access for...
