Ryan Simmons is part of VISTA’s IM and Hospitalist scheduling team, responsible for helping physicians secure privileges in facilities across the country. In his spare time he’s a Utah State Champion Super D mountain bike racer.
Ryan Simmons
Blog Posts
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Monday, June 9, 2008
The last time we visited the wonderful world of hospital credentialing for locum tenens assignments, we focused on the ever important ‘documentation of procedures’ or procedure log. As I mentioned in my last blog, paperwork and more paperwork is the norm now when applying for hospital privileges—whether it’s for a permanent position or a locums job. Although not a recent or extraordinary request, I am seeing more and more hospitals require documentation of all
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Monday, April 21, 2008
A lot has changed over the past three years in regards to getting physicians credentialed and ready for locum tenens assignments. Applications are longer, medical staff offices are understaffed and require more time to process applications, and the types of documents required have changed significantly.
In the past the focus was on the written word and the ability of your peers to express their ideas and opinions about their professional interaction with you in