What are regulators really looking for from your medical staff services department? When CMS seems to want one thing and accreditors want something else, you need to cut through the confusion. Tune in to HCPro’s new webcast “Verify and Comply: Meet Your Top Credentialing Challenges,” on...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 33
Medicaid patients who visit the emergency department (ED) are seeking treatment for urgent and serious problems, according to a new report from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC).
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 33
According to an analysis by Modern Healthcare, using the most recent salary figures from 2012, the total cash compensation of 147 non-profit hospital CEOs increased an average of 24% from the previous year.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 33
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ordered cardiothoracic surgeon Robert T. Fried, MD, to pay $40,000 to a nurse at King’s Daughter Medical Center (KDMC) in Ashland, Kentucky, who sued him for assault and battery.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 33
“Every day clinicians yell at nurses. They bully, they prod, they rush off the phone before fully answering questions. I have done it many times myself. The phenomena is so common that most nurses and secretaries accept it as part of the job.”
Jordan Grumet...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 33
This week’s edition of Medical Staff Leader Insider features a piece about a surgeon ordered to pay $40,000 to a nurse for kicking her. From the nurse’s testimony, the surgeon had a history of this type of behavior. I don’t work in a hospital so maybe I’m a little out...
A significant portion of updates in the Fiscal Year 2015 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) final rule pertain to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program.
A National Bureau of Economic Research paper contends that “cowboy” physicians—those who deviate from professional guidelines, and often providing more aggressive care than is recommended—are responsible for a significant portion of U.S. health costs. The paper concludes that “36% of end-of-...
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled unconstitutional an Alabama law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital. The measure, which was similar to laws that have been passed in 10 other states, threatened to close three of the state's...
If you think the tension between managers and medical staff is something unique to healthcare in the United States, this recent BusinessWeek article might provide small...
