Credentialing Resource Center Journal

Physician assistants (PA) take the spotlight this month as we examine why their popularity continues to grow and clear up confusion regarding their relationship with the medical staff.

It’s important to keep credentials files organized because that is the first impression many people—including accreditation surveyors—have about your department, says Nancy Lian, CPMSM, CPCS, senior director of medical staff services at Cambridge (MA) Health Alliance.

In this month’s column, Becky Cochran, CPMSM, CPCS, tells readers what to do with information that is anonymously submitted.

Charging credentialing fees for processing applications is not a new concept. However, more medical staffs may start doing so to subsidize the increased cost of primary source verifications and to generate extra revenue during the recession.