Effective October 1, 2014, the new fee to query the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) will be $3.00 for both Continuous and One-Time Queries and $5.00 for Self-Queries. All other aspects of querying will remain the same, according to the NPDB. Below is a chart that compares the current...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 32
A new health clinic in Savannah, Georgia opened its doors this week to free visits for government employees of Chatham County. Employees who are covered by the county’s medical plan (about 1,400) will be eligible for co-pay free visits to the clinic to receive primary care services. The...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 32
A significant portion of updates in the Fiscal Year 2015 IPPS final rule pertain to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program.
"The IPPS rule speaks...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 32
"My son was able to sleep during the entire visit, because the doctor came to the house. The doctor came into my daughter's room and conducted the visit there, where she was comfortable.”
Elizabeth Krusic, a mother from Seal Beach, California, tells...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 32
A new interactive modeling tool developed by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill aims to forecast the need for physicians based on geographic location and specialty.
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 32
The results of an annual Merritt Hawkins survey show urologist’s pay increased by $80,000 in one year. According to the 2014 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives, the average urologist reported earning $504,000...
Credentialing Resource Center Digest - Volume 15, Issue 32
I picked a great week to fill in for my colleague, Son Hoang, because I probably would have missed this survey otherwise: the 2014 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives. I will be honest; the results made me want to cry for a few different reasons. Reason No. 1 is...
Since the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 1965, the public has provided tens of billions of dollars to fund graduate medical education (GME), the period of residency and fellowship provided to physicians after they receive a medical degree. Although the scale of government...
Imagine: At some point in the future, MD and DO residency information will come from a single source. Medical license information for multiple states will be accessible through an interstate compact. Nurse practitioners throughout the country will practice to the full extent of their scope...
