A Valley Center, Calif., man pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges including practicing medicine without a license, the Los Angeles Times reported. At an arraignment at the San Diego Superior Court, state prosecutors charged that Robert O. Young, 61, profited financially and caused...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 4
Quality emergency care availability is threatened by a wide range of factors, including shrinking capacity and an ever-increasing demand for services, according to “America’s Emergency Care Environment, A State-by-State Report Card,” released by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 3
Should clinicians ever search online for information on a patient—even if the intent is to provide better care—or does HIPAA prohibit such actions? Medical associations and similar groups have developed guidelines about the appropriate use of social media, and many HIPAA-covered entities have...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 1
The start of a new year is a good time to look at the long-term future. For MSPs, that future might mean evolution from today's disparate medical staff-related processes and duties to a single unified "competency committee" with physicians and MSPs working in tandem on a...
When practitioners join your medical staff, what do you expect of them? In short, you expect them to be a good practitioner. The problem is that every practitioner has a different picture of what being good means.
One of the most important initial tasks of the physician credentialing process is gathering background information. This often involves reaching out to various medical boards to verify physician information.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 50
Almost a third of surveyed physicians reported taking on extra medical work outside their practices to help maintain their incomes, a 2012 Physicians Practice survey found. The trend has continued, according to a Medscape report released last week. Additional work doesn't necessarily...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 49
Seventy-eight percent of hospital executives think there is a shortage of physicians; 66% say there is a shortage of nurses, and 50% report there is a shortage of advanced practitioners, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2013 Clinical Workforce Survey, which...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 48
Healthcare employment continued to increase in November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS). The sector expanded by 28,000 jobs overall, with the biggest gains in home healthcare services (12,000 jobs) and physicians’ offices (7,000). However, jobs in nursing care...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 14, Issue 47
CMS has finalized payment rates and policies for 2014, including a proposal to support care management outside routine office interactions, the agency announced last week. The final rule sets payment rates for physicians and non-physician practitioners paid under the Medicare Physician Fee...
