A cyber attack has exposed the medical, personal, and financial records of more than 11 million customers of Premara Blue Cross dating back to 2002. The attack was discovered in January and is believed to have begun in May of 2014.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 11
“When we walk into an exam room, we may actually ask a patient how they’re doing. But more likely, we’ll ask about the specific problem they’re having: ‘How’s your back pain?’ or ‘Did the medicine make your itchy rash better?’”
- Starla Fitch, MD,...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 11
Please take a few moments to complete our updated MSP salary survey for 2015. In return for completing the survey, you’ll be eligible for a drawing to win a copy of The Top 45 Medical Staff Policies and Procedures by Todd Sagin, MD, JD...
A bill to ban abortions through the use of telemedicine in Iowa is now off of the table for 2015. The bill did not make it through a “funnel” deadline, which is used to narrow down the number of bills presented by the House and Senate at the beginning of a legislative session....
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts last week signed LB 107, giving nurse practitioners (NP) the ability to practice without a physician present. The bill was first introduced last year and the state legislature passed it. However former Governor Dave Heineman vetoed it.
If you are at the Credentialing Resource Center Symposium this week, I hope you are enjoying the event and your time in Las Vegas. If you didn’t make it this year, let’s play a different game—one that doesn’t involve slot machines.
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Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 10
HCPro is compiling a volume of educational tools that medical staff services departments (MSSD) employ to teach and/or motivate their colleagues about credentialing best practices. Do you have quizzes, contests, or other ways to keep everyone’s skills honed? If you do, are they confined...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 16, Issue 10
A Philadelphia jury convicted Padge-Victoria Windslowe, 45, of murder following the death of a dancer who died after having silicone injected in her buttocks.
