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Weekly Roundup: Ambulatory Care | Health plan trains physicians to be leaders | In an effort to enhance management skills and improve patient outcomes, L.A. Care Health Plan is offering physicians a six-month training program to become better leaders. |
New practitioner onboarding checklist for ambulatory facilities | In the hospital setting, a completed checklist prefacing a credentials file can demonstrate to department chairs, the credentials committee, the medical executive committee, and the governing board that an application has been thoroughly vetted and properly prepared. Credentialing checklists can serve similar functions in ambulatory care facilities, surgery centers, private physician practices, and managed care environments. |
Separate ambulatory privileges for physicians in outpatient settings? | Many medical staffs invest a considerable amount of time thinking about or actually developing and trying to implement ambulatory privileges. Before your medical staff does so, make sure to answer this questions: Are you required to have separate ambulatory privileges for those physicians practicing exclusively in an outpatient setting? |
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New Content: Members Only | Taking the physician executive track, Part 2: Legitimate differences | Published 5/16/18 Last month, we explored the “germinating seed” in some medical staff leaders of the recognition that there might be more to healthcare than just the physician-patient interaction that is the cornerstone of our medical training and experience. If this happens, medical staff leaders are encouraged to listen and be open to what emerges. |
Vendor credential management and clinical contractors | Published 5/14/18 Last month, I began discussing credentialing the “others” roaming your hospital’s hallways—contract personnel, medical device reps, commercial visitors, healthcare indus-try reps, vendor reps, etc.—and how vendor credential management (VCM) works. Now, I’d like to touch on the benefits of VCM and credentialing clinical contractors. |
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