The Physician Retraining & Reentry program, developed by professors at the University of California San Diego, is looking to mitigate the physician shortage nationwide by placing experienced physicians in vacant primary care positions.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
In response to changes to the healthcare industry as a result of the Affordable Care Act and retiring baby boomers, hospitals may have to revamp their executive lineups soon.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
CMS launched its Open Payments website this week, aiming to promote transparency within the healthcare industry by disclosing payments to healthcare providers from drug and medical device companies.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
"Good luck to the consumers heading to the website to see if their doctors are getting money from drug and device makers. Or the doctors trying to check whether they or their colleagues are in it."
- Charles Ornstein, senior reporter at ProPublica,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 40
CMS rolled out its Open Payments website this week and, as expected, some of the early reviews of it aren’t great. I briefly touch upon ProPublica’s first impression in “Heard this Week” but...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 23, Issue 10
When hospitals acquire practices and clinics, the medical staff services department (MSSD) faces credentialing and privileging questions. Will physicians in newly acquired clinics be considered members of the hospital medical staff? Will they be credentialed by the hospital's medical staff...
When CMS announced new finalized regulations in May, most of the coverage focused on the updates to the Conditions of Participation (CoP) regarding the amendment that allowed unified and integrated medical staffs for multihospital systems and member hospitals (Governing...
Simulation training is not a new concept in healthcare, but as medical education and practices become more metrics-based, this kind of training is taking on new roles in competence assessment. Teaching hospitals and medical schools on the front lines report expanding interest from physicians...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 39
A Dorchester, Massachusetts woman faces up to a year in prison and a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges related to offering unlicensed lip and buttock augmentation injections using Colombian massage oil.
