| Subject: | Discrepancies Between The Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Telemedicine Credentialing Standards |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Fri, 15 May 2009 - 06:00 am |
| The Joint Commission (TJC) has recently acknowledged discrepancies between their telemedicine credentialing standards and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) telemedicine credentialing standards. According to TJC, they are working with CMS to resolve these discrepancies, but until a resolution occurs, hospitals using TJC's standards for credentialing and or privileging decisions for telemedicine practitioners may not be in compliance with CMS regulations.The primary... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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