Name that professional: There’s a shortage of them, yet their salaries don’t reflect the fact that demand outweighs supply. They don’t directly interact with patients but are considered gatekeepers to patient safety with stringent duties set by state and federal laws, third-party regulations/standards, organizational bylaws, and organizational and/or departmental P&Ps. They handle coordination and verification…
It’s been over a decade since the small earthquakes called OPPE and FPPE rumbled through med staff services. In 2007-2008, The Joint Commission’s rebranded regulatory focus on provider proficiency improvement—Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation—linked competency assessments to clinical privileges, placing the function squarely in medical staff professionals’ (MSPs) domain. The regs…
If ongoing achievement of excellent credentialing practices in your credentials verification organization (CVO) is the equivalent of a successful lunar landing, then you’ll want to plant a flag to mark the feat. (Not to mention that the flag will serve as a reminder of the need to maintain such performance.) So, will you fly the…
Hello there, NCQA-following PE professional…or perhaps you’re a URAC or TJC-adhering MSP who just got back from the NAMSS conference. IDK. Take a moment from your OIG check, NPDB scan, DEA/CDS cert search, or whatever task you’re on PSV’ing for the CVO. Why so many acronyms?
