The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (the "Court") rejected a hospital's argument that the state's peer review statute applied to electronic medical record audit trails.
By Robert W. McCann, Esq. and Fatema F. Zanzi, Esq. of Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP.
Advances in technology often come with unforeseen issues. Smartphones are now ubiquitous, a statement as true among patient populations as the general population.(1) With the increased usage of...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 11
The rise of locum tenens practitioners presents a variety of challenges: How many of a locum tenens' myriad past assignments should be verified? How can the process be streamlined, or at least be made less stressful? When everyone wants a practitioner to be brought on board as fast as possible,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 43
A nationwide survey of more than 300 emergency medicine physicians found that they are more miserable than physicians in general. According to the survey, which was conducted by Geneia, emergency medicine physicians scored a 3.9 out of 5 on the Physician Misery Index. In a survey conducted...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 43
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Heath Care (AAAHC) announced its purchase of the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) from the American Osteopathic...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 41
A medical practice’s success can hinge on the culture of its team. The culture—the set of underlying rules and beliefs—of successful practices encourage members to interact with each other and patients. The AMA’s STEPS Forward website, which provides free online modules to help physicians...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 40
A vast majority of physician leaders support improving the value of healthcare by increasing quality while lowering costs, according to a survey conducted by the American Association for Physician Leaders (AAPL) and the Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis. The survey,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 39
Today marks the start of using ICD-10 codes—a long anticipated change in the healthcare community. Physicians will have to use these new diagnostic codes in order to get properly reimbursed from CMS and private payers. Medicare claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, will be...
Is there a balance between confidential peer review and keeping administration informed of actions taken against employed physicians? William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, lays out your options.
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 24, Issue 10
By Rick Sheff, MD, principal and chief medical officer, The Greeley Company
Sally Pelletier, CPMSM, CPCS, chief credentialing officer, The Greeley Company
Carol Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS, advisory consultant, The Greeley Company
