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Credentialing Resource Center Connection

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National credentialing and privileging expert Sally J. Pelletier, CPCS, CPMSM, delivers useful and timely information in her weekly " Credentialing Resource Center Connection" column.

June 10, 2010 ( Volume 12, Issue 23)

Featured blog post: Poll question: Has your medical staff ever held a meeting to resolve a privileging dispute?
We want to know if your medical staff ever held a meeting to resolve a privileging dispute. Take the poll below to see how your medical staff compares to others.

Q & A: Medversant speaks about its role in Washington’s credentialing database
The credentialing conversation is moving in a new direction in Washington State where Senate Bill 5346 (SB 5346) is building the foundation for a state-wide credentialing database. Briefings on Credentialing profiled the bill in the July issue (available online at www.CredentialingResourceCenter.com). Medversant Technologies, LLC is the company developing the credentialing database. Matt Haddad, president and CEO of Medversant explains more about his company’s role:

Doctors cheat on ABIM certification exam
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) claims that about 140 practitioners cheated on certification exams, according to a June 9 Wall Street Journal article. The practitioners allegedly purchased test questions from a test-prep company, which violates the ABIM’s test policy signed by test takers. However, Christine Cassel, M.D., president and chief executive of the ABIM, is quick to point out that most test takers are honest and take the certification exam in good faith. Click here to learn more about the case, and read “ABIM Sanctions Physicians for Ethical Violations,” on the ABIM’s website.

Assessing the Competency of Low-Volume Practitioners:

The Joint Commission requires that hospitals verify physician competence using performance data. Yet organizations often have little or no data related to the competency of low- and no-volume physicians. Medical staff leaders are therefore challenged to develop a strategy that guides the hospital's relationship with low- and no-volume providers, and medical staff services departments are challenged to establish systems to verify physician competence. This fully updated book and CD-ROM set offers the necessary tools and strategies for medical staff leaders and professionals to manage the increasing number of low- and no-volume providers and comply with Joint Commission standards.

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