Download or read book VA Health Care Improved Oversight and Compliance Needed for Physician Credentialing and Privileging Processes written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Va Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VA Health Care: Improved Oversight and Compliance Needed for Physician Credentialing and Privileging Processes
Download or read book Va Health Care written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "VA has policies to ensure that physicians have appropriate qualifications and clinical abilities through the processes of credentialing, privileging, and continuous monitoring of performance. Results of a VA investigatory report in 2008 cited deficiencies in the Marion, Illinois, VA medical center's (VAMC) credentialing and privileging processes and oversight of its surgical program. This report examines VA's policies and guidance to help ensure that information about physician qualifications and performance is accurate and complete, VAMCs' compliance with selected VA credentialing and privileging policies, and their implementation of VA policies to continuously monitor performance. GAO reviewed VA's policies, interviewed VA officials, and reviewed a judgmental sample of 30 credentialing and privileging files at each of six VAMCs that GAO visited. GAO selected the files to ensure inclusion of highly paid specialties, newly hired physicians, and other physician characteristics. GAO selected the judgmental sample of six VAMCs based on geographic balance and other factors."
Download or read book VA Health Care written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VA has policies to ensure that physicians have appropriate qualifications and clinical abilities through the processes of credentialing, privileging, and continuous monitoring of performance. Results of a VA investigatory report in 2008 cited deficiencies in the Marion, Illinois, VA medical center's (VAMC) credentialing and privileging processes and oversight of its surgical program. This report examines VA's policies and guidance to help ensure that information about physician qualifications and performance is accurate and complete, VAMCs' compliance with selected VA credentialing and privileging policies, and their implementation of VA policies to continuously monitor performance. GAO reviewed VA's policies, interviewed VA officials, and reviewed a judgmental sample of 30 credentialing and privileging files at each of six VAMCs that GAO visited. GAO selected the files to ensure inclusion of highly paid specialties, newly hired physicians, and other physician characteristics. GAO selected the judgmental sample of six VAMCs based on geographic balance and other factors. GAO recommends that VA develop a formal mechanism to systematically review VAMC credentialing and privileging files and performance monitoring for compliance with VA policies.
Download or read book VA Health Care written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Health Care Improvements Made in Physician Privileging Policies but medical Facility Compliance has Not been Assessed written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Department of Veterans Affairs Credentialing and Privileging written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Va Health Care written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) physician credentialing and privileging processes, focusing on: (1) policies, procedures, and implementation of the credentialing program required by law; and (2) VA policies and procedures on granting or rescinding physician privileges. GAO found that: (1) although VA was required to obtain physician licensing information from state boards, it had only verified and properly documented 102 of 207 physicians it hired between 1986 and 1988; (2) in 34 of the 105 undocumented cases, medical center officials had contacted a cognizant state board, but failed to document the contact; (3) VA planned to require VA-affiliated medical schools to conduct background investigations on the residents they sent to VA; (4) VA took few actions to correct identified problems with its privileging processes; (5) VA had no documentation to show whether it considered current competence, treatment results, or conclusions in its privileging decisions; (6) VA provided only minimal guidance to its medical centers on privileges and no guidance on the documentation required to support privileging decisions; (7) medical centers were reluctant to reduce or revoke physicians' privileges for fear of litigation; (8) although VA was required to notify state licensing boards of physicians who had their privileges formally revoked, the law limited VA to reporting physicians for clinical incompetence; and (9) VA was also reluctant to report physicians who retired or resigned before receiving a hearing because of its concern over their due process rights.
Download or read book Veterans Health Care written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help ensure that veterans are provided timely and accessible health care, VHA purchases care from community physicians. Two community care programs, PC3 and Choice, require physicians to hold certain credentials reflecting their qualifications. Congress included a provision in law for GAO to review VHA’s processes for, and oversight of, credentials verification for PC3 and Choice physicians. This report examines (1) whether VA contractors comply with contractual requirements for verifying PC3 and Choice physicians’ credentials; (2) the extent to which VHA oversees the contractors responsible for verifying the credentials of PC3 and Choice physicians; and (3) VHA’s own processes for, and oversight of, verifying Choice physicians’ credentials under recently implemented VHA Choice provider agreements. GAO reviewed PC3 and Choice contracts, VHA and contractor policies, and federal internal control standards. GAO reviewed a nongeneralizable sample of 50 PC3 and 50 Choice physician credentials files, selected among five types of care across the nation. GAO also interviewed VHA officials and contractor representatives. VHA should develop a comprehensive oversight strategy that includes monitoring and evaluations of the contractors’ verification of PC3 and Choice physicians’ credentials, as well as VHA staff’s review of Choice physicians; and assess the risk of not verifying Choice physicians’ licenses under VHA Choice provider agreements.
Download or read book Veterans Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help ensure that veterans are provided timely and accessible health care, VHA purchases care from community physicians. Two community care programs, PC3 and Choice, require physicians to hold certain credentials reflecting their qualifications. Congress included a provision in law for GAO to review VHA's processes for, and oversight of, credentials verification for PC3 and Choice physicians. This report examines (1) whether VA contractors comply with contractual requirements for verifying PC3 and Choice physicians' credentials; (2) the extent to which VHA oversees the contractors responsible for verifying the credentials of PC3 and Choice physicians; and (3) VHA's own processes for, and oversight of, verifying Choice physicians' credentials under recently implemented VHA Choice provider agreements. GAO reviewed PC3 and Choice contracts, VHA and contractor policies, and federal internal control standards. GAO reviewed a nongeneralizable sample of 50 PC3 and 50 Choice physician credentials files, selected among five types of care across the nation. GAO also interviewed VHA officials and contractor representatives.
Download or read book Va Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responsible for determining that over 36,000 physicians working in its facilities have the appropriate professional credentials and qualifications to deliver health care to veterans. To do this, VA credentials and privileges physicians providing care at its medical facilities. In this report, GAO determined the extent to which selected VA facilities complied with (1) four VA credentialing requirements and five VA privileging requirements and (2) a requirement to submit information on paid malpractice claims. GAO also determined (3) whether VA has internal controls to help ensure the accuracy of information used to renew clinical privileges. GAO reviewed VA's policies, interviewed VA officials, and randomly sampled 17 physician files at each of seven VA medical facilities.
Download or read book U S Department of Veterans Affairs oversight of patient safety hearing written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Department of Veterans Affairs Oversight of Patient Safety written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gao 06 648 Va Health Care written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO-06-648 VA Health Care: Selected Credentialing Requirements at Seven Medical Facilities Met, but an Aspect of Privileging Process Needs Improvement
Download or read book Oversight Hearing written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Health Care written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introduction to Health Care Management written by Sharon B. Buchbinder and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Health Care Management, Fourth Edition is a concise, reader-friendly, introductory healthcare management text that covers a wide variety of healthcare settings, from hospitals to nursing homes and clinics. Filled with examples to engage the reader’s imagination, the important issues in healthcare management, such as ethics, cost management, strategic planning and marketing, information technology, and human resources, are all thoroughly covered. Guidelines and rubrics along with numerous case studies make this text both student-friendly and teacher-friendly. It is the perfect resource for students of healthcare management, nursing, allied health, business administration, pharmacy, occupational therapy, public administration, and public health.
