Cardiologist Robert Graor lost his Ohio license to practice medicine in 1995 and was sentenced to three years in jail, after being convicted of embezzling more than $1 million. He regained his license following his release, but then lost it a second time in 2003.
Nationwide, court cases continue to emerge that center on the disclosure of disciplinary information about physicians. Following is an article from contributing author Anne Roberts, CPMSM, CPSC, senior director of medical affairs at Children's Medical Center in...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 5
With physicians practicing longer and retiring later, MSPs face new questions regarding competence assessment and privileging. The best approach is to know your bylaws and determine whether changes are necessary.
Updates to the NPDB Guidebook are being met with some resistance from legal and regulatory organizations, particularly concerning the way in which the NPDB defines an investigation.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 16
As more states expand the scope of practice for nurse practitioners (NPs) in an effort to combat the growing physician shortage, news website Remapping Debate explores the differences in training between the providers and whether those differences impact patient care.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 15
The AMA announced earlier this week it won’t try to block Medicare’s release of billing records for 880,000 physicians, although it continues to oppose the government’s decision to open up the massive data trove. An AMA official, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Associated Press that the...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 14
Among ambulatory care facilities, The Joint Commission standard that states an organization grants initial, renewed, or revised clinical privileges to those who are permitted to practice independently topped the list of five requirements that were most frequently identified as “not compliant” in...
Clinical staffing along the departmental model emerged with the rise of subspecialties. However, many medical staff leaders are now reevaluating this approach as they seek to streamline their governance processes.
Hospital medical staffs and credentialing committees can count themselves among the many targets of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the coming year. According to the 2014 OIG Work Plan, released at the end of January, the government agency has added "oversight of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 4
Last November, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced plans to revise the NPDB Guidebook, the National Practitioner Data Bank's (NPDB) policy manual. In November 2013, the HRSA provided a draft of the new...
