Fall 2014 osteopathic medical college enrollment increased by 5.2% over 2013, according to data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). The rise in first-year student matriculation brings the total enrollment at osteopathic medical colleges to...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 44
An Ebola readiness poll conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) found that only 6% of respondents believed their facilities are well-prepared to receive a patient with Ebola.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 44
A licensed physician assistant was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $85 million in restitutions for participating in a scheme in which he and his co-conspirators claimed $200 million in fraudulent Medicare billings
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 44
When hospitals acquire medical groups and physician practices, this consolidation can lead to higher costs, according to a study that appeared recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The JAMA study found that total expenditures per patient were higher in...
