A survey by Monster.com found that healthcare professionals as a group are the third most satisfied with all aspects of their job, trailing only engineering and finance employees. Registered nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists are currently the top three occupations in...
Members of the U.S. Senate Rural Health Caucus have introduced a bill that would allow general supervision by physician or nonphysician providers (NPPs) for many outpatient therapy services, politicalnews.me reported. S.1143, the Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act, counters...
For healthcare providers looking to ensure the security of electronic patient information, it's just as important to solidify employee knowledge as it is to encrypt data and implement improved IT solutions, says Lee Kim, an attorney with Pittsburgh-based firm Tucker Arensberg who also serves as...
The American Medical Association voted Tuesday to declare obesity a disease, a move that effectively defines 78 million American adults and 12 million children as having a medical condition requiring treatment. The AMA's decision essentially makes diagnosis and treatment of obesity a physician's...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 25
Don Berwick, a former Obama administration health official, announced Monday that he is running for governor of Massachusetts. Berwick, a Democrat, is a physician and health policy expert who ran the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a recess appointee, but Republicans...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 25
From 2007 to 2010, the use of hospital services in the last six months of life fell significantly, with a 9.5% decrease in hospital days per patient and an 11% decrease in deaths occurring in the hospital, according to a Dartmouth Atlas report released earlier this month. The percentage of...
