Credentialing Resource Center Journal

Pay for performance is a simple idea; a practitioner’s payment is based on the quality of care he or she provides. An insurance company, serving as a reimburser, will pay the practitioner more for high-quality care and less for low-quality care.

Would you rather update privileging forms around the hospital with the click of the mouse or manually update a set of bulky binders? Would you rather e-mail privileging forms to an entire committee responsible for updating them or stand in front of a copy machine for hours working on the same project?

Credentialing Resource Center blogger Carole LaPine, MSA, CPMSM, CPCS, highlighted issues surrounding hospitalists in a recent blog post. She wrote: It has been reported that the critical care work force will be significantly reduced by 2030 (an estimated 22%–25% shortage) and that hospitalists will be filling the vacancies in the ICUs.

In 2008, the Kentucky Association of Medical Staff Services (KAMSS) marked its 30th anniversary by reflecting on its history and creating a strategic plan for the future. Current president Charlotte Felinski, CPCS, and founding president Alma Berry, CPMSM, attributed the strength of the organization to the dedication of its members.

You can’t fit a square peg in a round hole. Most of us are familiar with this saying, which is often used to convey the message that we may be trying to make someone or something fit in an area where they do not really belong.